Word: schemes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...other ideas. To keep the French economy growing, they argued, the government must exercise more active control of business. They wanted to: ¶ Establish a government corporation, similar to Italy's state petroleum monopoly, to refine and market Sahara oil; ¶Adopt West Germany's"co-management" scheme-which would give France's heavily Communist unions seats on the board of directors of every important French company; ¶ Set up a government bank to make loans to ailing industries...
...statement for the Administration last night, Dean Watson said of the chain letter scheme: "It is not clear to us whether or not it is illegal." He reminded students that, "if these purchases turn out to be a part of a scheme which violates postal laws, or is otherwise illegal, it might lead to serious consequences for the participants, including disciplinary action by the Administrative Board...
...Branch Scheme Circulates...
...that she seems to stand parallel to the wall, in a manner reminiscent of El Greco's Fray Hortensio Felix Paravicino. The intricate composition contrasts the arabesques on the left side of the canvas with the straighter verticals on the right, and is painted in a startingly original color scheme, full of blues, lavenders, and canary yellow. This is major Picasso and an important addition to the Fogg's collection...
...destruction of both during his struggle with the boyars (nobles) who murdered his wife and drove him to abdication, and the restoration of his power by the will of the people. Part 2 tells how the boyars plotted to assassinate the reestablished sovereign, how he discov ered the scheme and broke the power of the nobility with a bloody purge...