Word: sending
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...television screen. At that moment Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the U.S.-the ranking elder statesman (he hates the words) in a party that has not had an active ex-President around since Grover Cleveland-will begin to give 'em hell. Truman's aim: to send his party into the 1956 campaign with the lusty, brawling, they-can't-beat-us sort of Democracy that Truman himself represents...
...Premier Ba Swe's gov ernment has reversed Burma's decision of three years ago to refuse all economic and technical aid from the U.S. The gov ernment has hired a Chicago manage ment firm to help reorganize its bureauc racy. The U.S. has recently agreed to send technicians to Burma to advise on indus trial development in return for $1,000,000 worth of Burmese rice to ease Pakistan's current food shortage. Last week the two governments were discussing a $25 million longterm, low-interest U.S. development loan. A new current is running in Burma...
...peppered the fishermen with. letters: "Since you went away, the government has reviewed the case and discovered numerous shortcomings and errors. We are determined to correct these errors, and earnestly wait for your early return." They even urged those "suspicious of our policy" to return in separate groups and send representatives back to check...
Where solicitation is prohibited, some evangelists get around the ban by making a pitch for money indirectly ("We invite your prayerful support. Won't you write us and tell us you are listening?") Where it is not, solicitation may be direct ("You are invited to send your free-will gifts and offerings for the support of this worldwide faith ministry to . . ."). Others use the hard-sell technique ("Mail those contributions now, because we have to pay up our back bill to wonderful KGER. I wish more of you would pledge a dime...
...lawyers, but men practicing law; not doctors, but men practicing medicine. For a good society, we must have not specialists and broad-gauge people, but specialists who are broad-gauge people." He switched from business to culture, asked a number of California firms if they would be willing to send along a promising official at full salary plus $100 a week for expenses. The reception was generally enthusiastic. Said one company director: "We thought it was worthwhile to provide managers, who normally have a rather confined technical background, with a broader intellectual base...