Word: schemed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Altman felt that the whole drive against illegal parking might be a scheme to get more people to rent local garages. "Most cities ban overnight parking so that they can sweep the streets and remove snow more easily," he said, "but Cambridge doesn't seem to do either of these very often...
...insist that Europe can no longer rely on the U.S. and must unite to save her own skin (TIME, Oct. 8). Last week, still beating the unity drum, Adenauer made a concrete proposal which he said had the concurrence of French Premier Guy Mollet. The proposal: a general scheme to convert the now-toothless Western European Union into an organization empowered to coordinate the foreign and military policies of member nations...
Chills & Fervor. Before broaching his scheme to the British public last week, Macmillan was careful to talk it over with the Commonwealth Finance'Ministers. The reception he got was, he said, "sympathetic, friendly and amicable...
...made his famed Cooper Union address, than a going educational concern. Last week, as it launched its centennial program with the backing of scores of the country's first citizens, it had a chance to show that it is actually a highly significant part of the U.S. educational scheme...
...Tour scheme is not applicable, we cannot get away from the kinship between beards and autumn leaves First there is the matter of dryness. The pedigreed leaf is quite dry and usually somewhat curled around the edges. This curling is also a universal characteristic of beards, as is dryness. The two exceptions to the latter statement are those who follow the Old Teutonic custom of staining the beard with bits of food, and those too youthful to have the necessary manual dexterity. King Richard III was an example of this fully-haired baby, but his birth is the exception...