Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Washington, foreign-policy planners feel compelled to level their sights somewhat below the ideals, and to assess the practical consequences of U.S. support for Greece over Cyprus. Turkey and Great Britain are more important allies than Greece; and we need all the strength we can get in the current "cold war." Too bad about the ideals, they might say, but really, we just can't do better than try to stay neutral--given the circumstances, you understand...
...current UN debate is concerned, Greece has given up hope of explicit U.S. support, and simply asks that we remain truly neutral. She is not primarily concerned about our own vote on the matter, but worries lest we try to pressure Latin American countries into backing a resolution favorable to Britain--as the English, of course, want...
Pratt has urged alumni to extend their pledges from three to five years, enabling them to double their gifts. Many large gifts, however, are already pledged over this extended period, and so, Pratt notes, "we must find additional sources of support...
Keeping in mind the difficulties and objections raised by soliciting funds outside the University, the Council should consider once more relying on the support of the student body, unreliable and inadequate as it may be. The Council, disliking the appearance of hoodwinking the incoming freshmen in order to raise funds, and quite rightly not wanting to suggest a compulsory universal student tax, now faces the problem of operating on what they consider to be an insufficient budget. However, it is not alone in this feeling, and should, like every other organization, try to make its activities fit the budget...
...themselves assume some of the paper work and secretarial duties which now consume such a large part of the budget. While the Council exists to serve the student body and the Dean's Office, it is also an activity from which the individual members principally derive benefit, and if support is not forthcoming from other quarters, these members should assume a major share of the burden...