Word: recent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trouble, of course, is that many people, uninformed of the latest of many recent changes, telephone the old number. Such is human frailty that men too often err; and such is University wisdom that a recorded announcement--spoken incidentally by a seductive female voice--directs the dialer to the correct number...
...hour cruise gave some of the NATO nation representatives their first moments of relaxation in a week. Among their recent activities was a brief tour of Harvard on Tuesday. The delegates were impressed by the size and autonomy of the College, but many were disappointed at not being able to explore the University independently and at leisure...
Commenting upon the recent granting of a Republican charter to the Harvard Eisenhower Club, Dawson said, "this proves the purpose of the Eisenhower Club is to surpass the HYRC as the voice of Republicanism at Harvard...
...official reaction of the United States to the course of recent world events is reminiscent of the advice to an unfortunate, "Cheer up; things could be worse." So he did and they were. At present, any developments in the Formosa crisis offer alternatives which can turn out only bad or worse for U.S. interests. Unfortunately, the Administration has chosen what seems to be the worse path...
...should pressure Chiang to withdraw his coastal forces to Formosa and concede to the Communists the use of the now bottled-up Amoy and Foochow harbors, if Mao suspends military activities. At present, though, Chiang's blockading of Amoy and Foochow is an act of war equivalent to the recent Communist counter-blockade of Quemoy...