Word: vastness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have had a great deal of glorification of the Catholic and Jewish religions. We must not lose sight. . . that the vast majority of our people, and our critics, are of the Protestant faith...
...reserve. The other argument says that there is a tremendous difference between oil under the ground and oil ready for use. This difference lies in exploration of oil deposits and actual drilling to determine where the producing wells are. National defense, therefore, requires the complete development of this vast, unknown oil area as soon as possible...
...greatly increased with the more recent prospecting in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas and Louisiana coasts. Over 2 1/2 million acres of the Gulf have already been leased for oil development, although this is still a wildeat area with only a few producing wells. But vast sums are being poured into the development and prospecting of Gulf oil deposits, making the project in the words of "Fortune" magazine "the biggest gamble any U. S. industry has over made...
...which gave an annoying demonstration of contempt for the First Amendment. And when Gerhart Eisler spoke in Emerson D on Monday night, there was also a demonstration--a quiet and amiable demonstration of willingness to hear Marxist theories from a German Communist. There could be little doubt that the vast majority of Eisler's listeners disagreed emphatically with practically everything he said. Yet there were no outbursts of protest, no low-level practical jokes, no heckling...
...narrower frame of U.S.-Canadian defense, two questions were up for discussion. Would the U.S. radar network be extended around Canada's Arctic? St. Laurent was worried about the cost-he had seen some plans for electronic expenditures so vast that they would leave no money for anything else. He promised that his government would respect U.S. leases on three Newfoundland bases when that island joins Canada on March 31. PM St. Laurent hoped that the U.S. would in turn respect Canada's rights, treating her "on a plane of equality...