Word: setup
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...writing in Foreign Affairs plotted the "containment policy" toward Russia after World War II, has no startling recommendations to add to his record. By training and instinct, he habitually mutes moral judgments to the point of understatement. With his main plea-for a more skilled and knowledgeable diplomatic setup-all will agree. But the reader will sadly conclude that the overall Kennan line is that the U.S. can do no better than to pursue what might be called a "Bad Neighbor Policy"; i.e., the U.S. should know an evil thing when it sees it, but know also that there...
...then in London) and some 20 associates were also indicted on criminal charges; 17 U.S. staffers and consultants were arrested; 19 of his ships were seized. Niarchos argued that the Government's charges were "technical allegations," said that the Maritime Commission had not only been familiar with his setup all along but, in all his direct dealings with the Government, had welcomed the chance to sell surplus ships for U.S.-flag operation...
...probably stop making Packards for a year, wait until 1958, when it can develop an interchangeable body shell with Studebaker along the lines of its Packard Predictor dream car. Another possibility: that West Germany's Daimler-Benz will come in on the agreement, use Studebaker's dealer setup to distribute Mercedes cars and trucks in the U.S. Eventually, Studebaker might also build Mercedes products...
...Pleistocene ice ages, say Ewing and Donn, is that the earth's poles are where they are. The South Pole is in the middle of a continent, and the North Pole is in the middle of the small Arctic Ocean, which is almost entirely surrounded by land. This setup is like a slow-responding thermostat that keeps the earth alternating between glacial and interglacial periods...
...regard to the Festival's distinctive stage setup, Robert O'Hearn, a young New York stage designer, has designed an architectural set that takes advantage of the best features of Sanders Theatre and its Elizabethan with a simple, flexible structure of beams and scaffolding rising behind one side of the main platform...