Word: strains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hanfmann said that "the significance of the show lies in showing the constructive strain in American culture that was awakened by Charles Eliot. Norton, who stressed the value of direct contact with works of art which encompass 4000 years of human experience...
Without fuss or strain, Adlai Stevenson last week proved that he is in charge of the national Democratic Party. His followers had little trouble, at the Democratic National Committee meeting in New Orleans, in putting over their candidate to succeed Stevenson's friend, Steve Mitchell, as national chairman...
...this growth put heavy strain on the school's budget. Accordingly, in 1948 David began his effort to raise endowment and working capital for increased salaries, research, and plant improvements...
...deck, complete with a complicated National Security Agency decoding machine. Ike, who could only receive brief voice messages in the old Columbine, can now receive Teletype messages of any length during flight, including top-secret material. Another important improvement is a more efficient cabin pressurization system, to relieve the strain on Mamie's heart, slightly damaged by rheumatic fever in childhood...
...Hollywood, dogs are naturally more nervous than dogs in other places. The trouble, says Dr. Stanley Cooper, a busy Hollywood veterinarian, is that movie pets are living under the strain of Cinema-Scope and wide-screen tension. Last week, while waiting for Comic Jerry Lewis' poodle to come out of a coma. Cooper, a kindly, 36-year-old man, explained some of his theories...