Word: token
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Negev, of giving Jordan free access to the port of Haifa, of compensation for the 900,000 Palestine Arab refugees huddled on its borders. (The U.N. commission which feeds and shelters the refugees believes the problem will never be solved until the Israelis offer to take back a token number of them...
...start with the simplest math problems but eventually lead the students through basic courses in radar, physics and electronics. The course outline has been accepted by the state-supported adult education program. The classes are open to nonunion registrants, and the only tuition for the course is a 25? token fee required by the high school where the classes are held. Hauer set the pace at a slow academic rate; he gives no tests, receives class papers unsigned ("Each one of these men came convinced he's the only dumb one in the class...
...breaking point when the two service squads line up for the kickoff. Led by the student cheering sections, fans roar at every play. After the game the winning student body swarms onto the field an masse to congratulate their team, while the losers utter a cheer as a token tribute to the victors...
...right to know how much money Ford is making and to buy stock in the company if it wishes. The Foundation's original idea to sell non-voting shares (which may not be listed on the New York Stock Exchange) would have given investors only a token stake in the company, and might have held the stock below its true value. The family decided, in the words of a spokesman: "If you go this road, you might as well go the whole road. When you have strings on it, you fool...
...Alerted by Royal Secretary Alan Lascelles, Winston Churchill himself had given the new Queen some blunt advice: get rid of him. Elizabeth complied, but at their last meeting she was careful to shake Peter Townsend's hand in public with a smile that seemed to many onlookers a token of encouragement...