Word: similarities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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About a year ago, the National Student Association came up with what looked like a good thing. It was a Student Council Clinic. The idea was that since most student governments come up against similar problems, a lot could be learned from inter-council discussions. One council could profit from another's experience in an atmosphere unfettered by formality or Mr. Roberts' ubiquitous rules...
...expected passing of the bill will solve the problem created two weeks ago when the troop transports used to carry students to Europe last year were transferred to the Army. The resolution calls for the use of Maritime Commission transports, similar to those used last year...
...classic, a reprint, or a bestseller. The economics of the book business in America are pretty incomprehensible. (No matter how many copies of a best-seller are sold, the publisher usually announces that he only breaks clear because of the sale of movie rights.) Why couldn't something similar to the Rinchart paper editions be used for all new books? There are damn few books coming out each day of which the prospective purchaser is confident he wants a permanent copy. Sales resistance should decrease when not only the price is more reasonable but the buyer doesn't feel...
...ounce through the London brokers Mocatta & Goldsmid. (On the basis of 24-carat or "pure" gold, the Fund's yardstick, that meant a premium of about $6.50 over the $35 rate.) South Africa said the gold was not being sold for monetary purposes but for industrial and similar uses, and was thus beyond the Fund's jurisdiction. The Fund thought differently. Since the brokers kept mum on the gold's destination, the Fund suspected that it was going to hoarders, who in some parts of the world will pay $70 an ounce. The Fund protested the sale...
...January 22, representatives of 19 Asiatic nations, assembled in India by Nehru, demanded that the Dutch cease military activity immediately, withdraw to their lines of December 18, and reestablish the Republic by March 15. The UN passed a similar resolution five days later, calling for a constituent assembly by July 1950, followed by a transfer of sovereignty to the U.S.I., but not specifying the withdrawal of Dutch troops...