Word: reaching
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with five abstentions. Russia & Co. voted against them for several reasons-mainly because a trustee can build air, military or naval bases in certain custodial areas without declaring them "strategic areas" -that is, leaving them out of the Security Council's purview and beyond reach of the veto...
...their tripartite pact, Russia was asked to make a fourth. Ribbentrop wrote Stalin a 19-page letter outlining Nazi views and inviting him to send Molotov to Berlin to develop "a common foreign policy." On Oct. 21, Stalin thanked Ribbentrop for his "very instructive analysis" and said Molotov would reach Berlin...
...conscience of humanity ventured to deny that right. For the loser in a war, punishment was certain. But this was not a matter of law; it was simply a matter of course." In the wake of World War I, however, he continued, repeated efforts were made to outlaw war, "reaching their climax in the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, in which 63 nations, including Germany, renounced aggressive warfare. During that period the whole world was one, [ but ] we lacked the courage to enforce the authoritative decision. . . . We did not reach the second half of the question: What will...
From the long range point of view, at some future date a less prosperous United States would find higher tuition costs beyond the reach of most citizens, and higher education would once again go to those in higher tax brackets. Since the number of GI-Bill recipients will dwindle in a few years, such an occurrence is not unlikely. The chief argument for higher professorial wages--that better men could be attracted to provide finer education for those seeking it--would be negated by the fact that comparatively few could afford to go beyond secondary school. This was the case...
...Government should, as President Conant recently urged, subsidize the American educational system. If modern thinking holds that education is not a luxury for those able to afford it, but rather a social necessity for all capable of profiting by it, then the Federal Government, the one instrument equipped to reach all the people, must be partially responsible for assistance. Federal subsidization always raises the specter of Federal control; but it seems likely that if both educators and non-educators agree that Washington should have no voice in educational matters, a satisfactory plan could be evolved. Only this way can educators...