Word: argument
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...purists have steadfastly held that a dry martini consists only of well-chilled gin and vermouth, served in a stemmed glass. Among them, the argument is about the proportion of gin to vermouth. Recipes range from 3 to 1 all the way to a good dry 14 to 1, with the trend strongly in favor of more gin and less vermouth. Riding this trend, the House of Schenley last week was busily promoting the driest martini so far. Called the "Naked Martini," it is simply a straight gin, cut to 80 proof to make it taste a little less fiery...
...only hanger-back was France's Charles de Gaulle, who, skeptical as ever, was suggesting that Moscow still had not offered enough evidence that a Big Four meeting would be productive. But even De Gaulle did not oppose the summit in principle: his argument was that it should be delayed until after Ike's trip to Russia next spring...
Full-time use of the school plant is only the first advantage of the four-quarter program. This argument appeals especially to a business-minded board of trustees, but it represents a distinctly one-sided view...
...feature of the four-term year which particularly appealled to the Exeter group was its flexibility. Special plans of study for the gifted or the weak student could be easily achieved within the present schedule, but that such a feature would automatically accompany the four-quarter program was an argument for its adoption...
...reached through television and press. In conclusion, the Communists freely use two contrasting techniques in negotiation to achieve their goal. On one side they will be so surly and unreasonable that the least unfreezing may look like a concession. As one negotiating member burbled after nearly a week of argument, "Garcia was so nice to us today. He even gave me a Chinese cigarette--it really was mild...