Word: special
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...famed Swiss-born architect undoubtedly was influenced in his decision to accept the invitation by the special purpose and nature of the building, as well as by the presence here of Dean Sert, without whose efforts Le Corbusier's acceptance is inconceivable. The Center, as Le Corbusier remarked, "stands for everything I have worked for in my life...
...oath of allegiance to the United States. "The oath of allegiance required by section 1001 (f) (2) makes the disclaimer affidavit superfluous," Pusey continued. The disclaimer affidavit, he said, "is also discriminatory since it singles out students alone in our population--and among students, the neediest--as subjects for special distrust... Since the (disclaimer) provision would present no barrier to those it is designed to catch, it is ineffective... As a kind of test-oath substituting an implied threat of coercion for persuasion in the realm of ideas, it seems counter to the philosophical principles on which our national strength...
Included in the College's preliminary program for the building is a large area of both student and professional work. Space will also be left for work in special media such as photography, typography, ceramics, television, and other means of visual communication. In addition, the Center will provide rooms for lectures and seminars and for studios for the artist-directors and special visitors...
...social status of their Soviet colleagues. Top Russian scientists live like top U.S. business executives, with city apartments, houses in the country, chauffeur-driven cars and servants. Their U.S. counterpart often earns less than the plumber who cleans his drains. Even low-ranking Russian scientists get all sorts of special privileges. Scientists, for instance, do not queue up like common people; they go right to the head of the line, and nobody objects...
...Story. A fast-draw documentary of an upright Hoover man, which manages to click despite a cluttering subplot concerning the domestic difficulties of Special Agent Jimmy Stewart...