Word: italian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...conservative do not vote for CCA-endorsees. Two or three of the CCA's incumbents could probably get elected without committing themselves to progressive stands. They gain support, as do most of the Councillors, on grounds seemingly peripheral to their Council work--because they are Irish or Italian or Jewish or Catholic or live in East Cambridge or Cambridgeport or Kerry Corner...
...long white hair, and his blue suit and vest, Pound is as industri ous today as ever. His five-volume work on jurisprudence came out in June. Besides his articles and speeches, he keeps up a voluminous correspondence in many languages (he has a writing acquaintance with French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese), and he counsels friends and students who come...
Reluctance to deal with the sticky questions posed by bullying and aggression characterized the League of Nations and eventually killed the organization when its impotence and indecision in the face of German, Italian, and Japanese actions became tragically evident. The U.N. began its career with the firm intention of avoiding the League's mistakes, and--with the aid of strong American leadership--responded quickly and effectively to dangerous situations in Korea and the Middle East...
...this task, the Institut got off to an appropriate multinational start. The 62 first-year enrollees (chosen from 160 applications) represent 14 countries, attend lectures in English, French and German, are taught by German, Belgian, French, Canadian, British, Italian, Dutch, Swiss and U.S. professors. To be accepted, each student has to speak two of the teaching languages, be able to understand a third. Initially, classes are being conducted in a corner of the palace, a French national monument, but Director General Willem Christopher Posthumus Meyjes, a Dutch diplomat, expects in four years to have a new campus outside Paris. Ultimate...
...Anatomy of Love (Italian). Five short stories, somewhat uneven but generally diverting, with Vittorio De Sica and a brief appearance by Sophia Loren...