Word: totaling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stunned silence, broken once or twice by incredulous laughter from the press gallery. And this came close to summarizing unspoken official reaction throughout the West. For diplomatic reasons, no one wanted to come right out and say "nonsense," but the fact remained that Nikita's demand for total disarmament was so absurd and impractical as to be insulting. It paid no more than token heed to the all-important Western insistence that any disarmament agreement is meaningless and dangerous without an ironclad control system. It ignored the self-evident fact that no totalitarian government, whether in Latin America, Eastern...
...student is what parents figure as the median annual cost, and 16% estimate their total family bill as more than...
With the "editorial assistance" of prolific Stephen (High Button Shoes) Longstreet, Mae makes a determined effort at total autobiography. The list of her male conquests seems to stretch to infinity: lawyers, politicians, theatrical agents, Wall Street brokers, film magnates, judges, operatic tenors, Mexican wrestlers, French importers, chorus boys, casual diners in a restaurant. Readers may get the impression that lovers lurk under every bed, in every closet, behind every curtain. Some of them showered Mae with diamonds, emeralds and furs. Others gave more of themselves. Of a fellow named Ted, Mae sighs: "I had experienced other men who performed...
...Program has attracted over 300 applicants, fully a quarter of the incoming Class. Late applications may raise the total still further, although no further solicitation will be made during registration week, Wilcox said...
Thirty-eight acceptances to the Riesman workshops, whose total capacity is about 48, were mailed Thursday by the Office, but everyone who applied has the opportunity to attend an organizational meeting tonight. Unlike other seminar leaders who stress special aptitude in a specific field, Riesman and his staff are interested chiefly in students, "irrespective of academic background, who are adventurous enough to depart from the usual program...