Word: alienating
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...year course, which leads to a Master's degree, opened up this September after 32 consecutive months had been consumed on the drawing boards. Fourteen graduate students are the guinea pigs testing this new approach to the problem of learning all there is to know about an alien land and culture...
...those who can weather 20th Century Fox's high-school belly-laughs, "Margie" has a certain nostalgia that is alien to the Swing generation but sacred to its patents. All the touches, from "oh you kid," through the Charleston and Irving Berlin's "Always," down to the high-school debate over whether the Marines should be withdrawn from Nicaragua-recreate the hoteha and ballyhoo of the years just preceding the depression. Especially typical is the portrayal of the high-school football hero, whose raccoon coat, honor-badge of the period, appears as standard equipment whenever the young buck comes...
...both Russia and the United States are favorable to early discussion but there is no indication when the matter will come up. It stands No. 7 on the agenda of the political committee, behind three vote item and Russia's pointed questions on the dispositions of allied troops in alien non-enemy countries. All of these are bound to bring about prolonged debate...
...house, which, although outdated now, still gets you anywhere (even into Gandhi's untouchables colony) and proves helpful during riots. In Buenos Aires, each government and municipal department has its own special pass for admittance. Great Britain, on the other hand, requires only two cards (national identity and alien registration) to work there...
Last week organized, khaki-shirted Columbians staged a meeting in a downtown Atlanta hall. While a tinny phonograph blared martial music, Columbians stamped up & down, looking baleful and clenching raised fists. Secretary Loomis, in a crew haircut, excoriated Jews, Negroes and the "alien element." President Burke, speaking with an affected English accent, presented a "medal of honor" to 17-year-old James Childers, just released on bail for allegedly blackjacking a Negro...