Word: summing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Next to inaccuracy, the Guide warns, the most grievous sin the historian can commit is to write uninterestingly; in the words of Theodore Roosevelt, "He must remember that . . . unless he writes vividly he cannot write truthfully, for no amount of dull pains-taking detail will sum up the whole truth unless the genius is there to paint the truth." To end the "chain reaction of dullness," the essay suggests a thorough study of the classics, and goes on to offer valuable suggestions on combining interest with accuracy...
...expropriation of 1938. Following the principle established then by Secretary of State Cordell Hull, the U.S. insisted that, though sovereign governments have the right to expropriate property, the compensation paid must be "adequate, effective and prompt." As in the Mexican case, the U.S. might accept some smaller compromise sum as "adequate." But now, as then, it had served notice that it was acting for U.S. citizens and that the matter had become one for the two governments to handle, with some kind of negotiation or arbitration for a square deal...
...whole project may cost about $8,000,000, and since the sum is far beyond St. John's likely early means, its completion may be far in the future. But Abbot Baldwin and his black-cowled brothers are in no mad rush. "After all," he said last week, "what are a few generations to the Benedictines...
...benefits of the service are not just limited to the students. FitzPatrick, himself, is rewarded for his efforts to the sum of ten cents a book. For every third book the student receives a discount of five cents...
...baker's apprentice who stole a small sum of money from his employer. Sentence: to bake a batch of Easter bunnies for the children in the Darmstadt hospital...