Word: sending
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...them, by allowing its final moments to be played out in the heat of controversy and the glare of publicity, the royal family and the Eden government have put themselves in a position where they cannot win. If, at the last minute, they persuade Margaret to send Townsend away, they will be undemocratic bullies in the eyes of many. If they give even reluctant consent, they will offend many others...
...busy, that is, until the coronation, when a sharp-eyed reporter in an Abbey anteroom caught Margaret affectionately brushing off the lapels of Airman Townsend's jacket. The simple gesture was enough to set off a fever of speculation in the press, and the speculation was enough to send the faithful aide winging into exile, as air attache in Britain's embassy in Brussels. Alerted by Royal Secretary Alan Lascelles, Winston Churchill himself had given the new Queen some blunt advice: get rid of him. Elizabeth complied, but at their last meeting she was careful to shake Peter...
...that in cooperation with the American Society for the Advancement of Science, it was about to do something to inspire better high-school science and math teachers. This year a pilot program will start in Arlington, Va. Among the things it hopes to accomplish: raise a scholarship fund to send teachers to any of eight local colleges and universities, open up summer jobs for teachers in local scientific and engineering organizations...
...year agreement with the Jordan government which gives him the right to prospect one-third (12,659 sq. mi.) of the Middle Eastern nation in return for a 50-50 split on any future profits. If the deal is approved by Jordan's Parliament, Pauley will send in the first prospectors within two months...
This is the first time Longy and E.T.S. have taken part in PBH's drive. They and the other participating schools will conduct their own appeals under the supervision of the Drives Committee, DeCaro said. They will also send over volunteers to receive pledges at the GSAS...