Word: strengthening
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Novelist John C. Hawkes '47, too, should help to strengthen the pro-Miller leanings of the panel. Known for his literary psycho-sexual fantasies, Hawkes has written, among others, the much- heralded The Cannibal and, most recently, The Lime Twig...
...what it may be worth, I favor a stiff, demanding community activity for any undergraduate, or anybody else, man or woman, for that matter. It's a prime basis for social organization in a large and difficult community, a way for a man to find, test, and strengthen himself, to become an effective member of society, to make some close friends. The CRIMSON is good for this. So--I am obliged to say--are the varsity sports, Glee Club, Band, WHRB, any strong dramatic group, any busy committee, or scores of other groups. The point is to get moving with...
...smaller issues were left unresolved. Adenauer promised to strengthen West Germany's NATO contribution from eight to twelve divisions; but he was brusquely turned down in his demand to have some share in the decision to use NATO's nuclear capability if ever a hot war began. Kennedy suggested that West Germany consider making more economic and commercial contact with East Germany; Adenauer demurred, on the ground that any further relationship would approach de facto recognition of the Ulbricht regime. The two disagreed on the need for closer ties between West Berlin and West Germany; Kennedy argued that...
...Delegate Adlai Stevenson won wide support for his proposal to strengthen both U Thant and the Congolese central government in the struggle against all rebels and secessionists still stirring trouble in the Congo. But the Soviet Union's Valerian Zorin was anxious to protect one of the worst troublemakers, Red-backed Antoine Gizenga of Eastern province; tossing two rapid-fire vetoes, Russia's Zorin declined to approve any measure not directed exclusively against anti-Communist Moise Tshombe of Katanga. To prevent total deadlock and inaction, Stevenson reluctantly gave U.S. approval to the narrower, Soviet-favored proposal...
Peabody, who was defeated in his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor in 1960, said that the only way to eliminate party disunity, corruption, and the inefficient handling of day-to-day administration is to strengthen the executive power in Massachusetts...