Word: uniform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...explained that he backs a decentralized system because "I don't think a uniform, draconian solution can be imposed on all Houses. That does usually provoke resentment and evasion of various kinds...
...came up with few suggestions. The problem was recognized, but no plan of action proscribed. Meanwhile, Carol Randolph of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) anticipates no action by the NAB to organize a nationwide standard. Congress, however, is now considering a bill that calls for a uniform poll closing time across the country. If polls were shut at 10 p.m. EST in New York, they would close at 7 p.m. PST in California...
...architect who designed one lock of the Moscow-Volga Canal. Alexander was employed by the Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) in 1936. The NKVD not only controlled all construction projects, like the canal and the metro, but had also taken over the functions of the Cheka. Accordingly, the NKVD uniform that Alexander was obliged to wear carried unpleasant associations, associations he detested because he was afraid of one department being confused with another, more sinister one, as has now been done in your review. Consequently, your subsequent speculations about Doctor Zhivago derive from this error and are worthless...
...Alexander Pasternak passage referred to was cited only to point out that Boris Pasternak 's literary imagination may well have been stimulated by the sight of his brother, in an NKVD uniform, working on a canal built by slave labor during the Great Terror...
...financial assistance from the University for our activities. We began a fund this summer with contributions from our friends and relatives and we have put in additional money through out own fundraising efforts. I should add that each cheerleader shelled out over $100 to pay for his or her uniform. But enough of these unimportant details. I know, as well as Mr. Barrett does, that facts only add confusion to the story...