Word: strains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...also possible that such a concentrated program would strain facilities in laboratory courses, which already work somewhat in shifts. In the case of lecture courses, there would be less rather than more strain on facilities, and scheduling would be simpler rather than more difficult...
Cambridge citizens are reportedly bearing up well under the sudden strain, bundling into more warm clothes, and grumbling to keep warm. There is one consoling fact for those who considered yesterday quite chilly at 4 degrees: the record low for Jan. 14 was set in 1914--8 below...
...Strain on Russia. The slump in coal production is only the most glaring of the satellites' economic difficulties. The shattering of Hungary's economy has cut off scarce manufactured goods-buses, railway cars, consumer products-needed by the other satellites. Lack of Hungarian bauxite and processed aluminum is slowly forcing East Germany's young aircraft industry to a halt. Hungary may have to lay off more than 200,000 workers in the next few months, and unemployment is a major problem in Bulgaria. The breakdown of Hungary's vitally located railroad system has prevented the normal...
...months earlier had robbed the office at gunpoint of $271. An innocent victim of mistaken identity, Balestrero was booked, fingerprinted, spent a night in jail, had to face suspicion and publicity, raise $5,000 bond, and defend himself as justice took its ponderous course. His wife cracked under the strain, and was placed in an institution. Even so, Balestrero was lucky. Between a mistrial and preparations for retrial, the real thief was caught, and confessed to the crime...
This easy familiarity with people stands in sharp contrast to the strain of intellectual austerity that moves his political behavior. His ability to inspire affection and confidence among his worker following--whose unions today give him his strongest support--dates from his student days at Oxford where he first became interested in Socialism. Gaitskell joined the strikers while most of his classmates reacted to the great Strike of 1926 by volunteering to serve as transport workers and special constables. Later, during the Depression, he gave adult education courses to Nottinghampshire miners for the Worker's Education Association...