Word: failed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Conant's faith and persistency 'when others faltered, his determination that American science must not fail in a field in which German science might succeed, that carried the project through periods of apparent defeat to the ultimate triumph...
...common effort to keep humanity from rolling off the plateau over a precipice, said Sir Oliver: "You may rest secure that Britain will not fail you and in the back of the mind of every Briton there is firm and steadfast belief that you will not fail...
Hello, Equality. Talent alone-not geography, economics or race-should decide whether a student deserves a university schooling. Unfortunately, Conant says, "as many promising boys & girls fail to go to college for economic reasons [alone] as the number who now enter ..." To provide genuine equality of opportunity, Conant favors: 1) federal aid to "shockingly inadequate" state school systems; 2) federal scholarships to the gifted but poor. And he disagrees with "defeatists" who fear federal control...
...abnormally calm this year. From both major candidates the voters have heard too much carping and too much rhapsodic optimism. Many will show their dissatisfaction by turning to a third or fourth party, believing that the next four years are expendable, and hoping for something better in 1952. They fail to recognize, however, with what deadly speed history lopes from war to peace, from boom to bust. Rejecting the path of protest, the CRIMSON believes it must choose one of the two candidates whose election is possible. The CRIMSON supports the candidacy of President Truman...
...first project that comes to mind. And when he is finished with that, he should waste no time fingering the ashes. Let him go immediately to the junction of Mt. Auburn and Bow Streets and look about him. That is one place where no sensitive arsonist could fail to see his duty...