Word: talked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...until the 13th day of debate that Lucas could finally bring ECA to a vote. After all the talk, it passed without trouble. The Senate approved the full $5.5 billion authorization by an overwhelming 70-to-7 majority...
...three hours before the shaft could be pumped dry. Whitey went back down. "He deserves a knighthood," said a worker, "but he doesn't even have a job." Others relieved him. The lateral tunnel began to cave in. The low talk of the workmen was carried over the loudspeaker. "It's caving to beat the band," said the voice below. Timbers went down for shoring. The men worked on, regardless of danger, or bone-deep fatigue. Little O. A. Kelly leaned back wearily when he was pulled to the surface, and swore: "I'm going in there...
...choice of American Studies as the topic of the Seminar turned out to be a good one. Not only did it insure the presence of students who know English, but also it gave the Europeans problems to consider other than their own, a chance to talk about subjects which were not restricted by their national borders. And with the United States holding such an important position in European affairs, the six-week sessions at the Seminar have been able to correct many misconceptions about America...
...welcome it has had in Europe have persuaded other colleges to make plans for similar institutions elsewhere. It has proved that national boundaries and even the "Iron Curtain" can be transcended. Last month President Conant wrote of the Seminar. "At a time when there is a great deal of talk about international good will and altogether too little evidence that such good will is on the increase, it is heartening to know that the experiment at Schloss Leopoldskron is becoming less of an experiment and more of an established institution."Carl J. Friedrich, professor of Government at Harvard, lectures...
Military assistance for western Europe is a risk and a gamble, but it is one we have to take," Bruce C. Hopper 24, associate professor of Government, told an audience in Littauer Auditorium last night. His talk, "Military Aspects of the Atlantic Community" was the fourth in a series sponsored by the United Nations Council...