Word: usual
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...former president of the Chamber of Deputies, for appealing to King Feisal II to withdraw from the Baghdad Pact. The 21-year-old King opened Parliament, in a speech from the throne that Nuri had written for him, by declaring martial law in all Iraq, and incidentally, in usual Arab fashion, called for the "elimination of Israel." When no fewer than 40 Deputies clamored to speak, to debate Iraq's foreign policy, the government swiftly and summarily suspended Parliament for a month...
...like a complete farce to me," was another comment. Since a girl must enter the units as a freshman she must already have her life regimented to a degree rare among the typical first year student. She must have determined on an unmarried existence before entering college, and un-usual decision for even the Radcliffe-bound 18-year...
...teachers who hold permanent faculty appointments in the University, five hold a position which represents one of the highest academic distinctions attainable in this country. They are all University Professors--men free to investigate and to participate in any phase of Harvard's intellectual life, unrestrained by the usual departmental bound-aries...
...emphasis on the Program, designed to raise between 75 and 100 million dollars. "The experience of similar funds," he said, "is that they do better after a capital funds campaign," because of increased alumni interest. He did say that the Fund was not expected to do as well as usual during the ten months of particular emphasis on the Program...
Until the end of August, 1957, Fund solicitations will continue as usual, and a single letter will be sent out in the spring of 1958 asking for a "token contribution to the Fund, Reynolds said. After June 30, 1958, solicitations will resume as usual, but in the intervening ten months solicitors for the Program will try to see every College alumnus in person, and the Fund will be de-emphasized...