Word: schuman
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Monnet never abandoned his dream of achieving, step by careful step, a united Europe freed at last from the confrontations of past centuries. In 1950 he sold French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman on the idea of the European Coal and Steel Community, as a way to defuse ancient Franco-German rivalries. Two years later, the Community was in operation, with Monnet as its president. That successful effort paved the way for the creation of the Common Market, established by the Treaty of Rome...
With better guidance from pre-med counselors, students are more accurately assessing their chances of getting into medical school. Ethan Schuman, 23, a senior with a 3.5 average (on a scale of 4) at Boston's Northeastern University, wanted to be a doctor but decided not to apply. "The word among students is that you need at least a 3.8 average before they look at you. I guess I was simply not ready to take the gamble of spending four years in college and then not making it into graduate school. The good part is that I am missing...
Composer William Schuman received the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 1943 for his work, "Secular Cantata No. 2, A Free Song...
Though it is a bit late for the Bicentennial, patriotic spirits ran high. The score, originally a Charles Ives organ fantasia, was orchestrated by William Schuman. It bounced along with marchlike rhythms and even a saucy flamenco. Allusions to country and flag abounded in Thomas Skelton's starry light projections and Willa Kim's red, white and blue costumes. Pinching years into seconds required lightning transformations by Sarry and Baryshnikov. Pioneers became Indians, who eventually turned into Central Park joggers. More than ever, Feld's choreography demanded speed and lucidity. Darting here and there in prickly little...
James. B. Schuman, a spokesman for the White House, said yesterday that Ford was not claiming credit, but simply stating that the nation is "not a weak...