Word: mannerized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trees too have long been a breeding place for all manner of vermin, and I suggest that they be removed at an early date. Shade could still be provided by suspending plastic louvers from steel pylons, and a link with tradition maintained by scattering among them a few clay pigeons and stuffed squirrels. Gerald Robinson...
...tone of the Western invitation was set largely by John Foster Dulles. "We recognize that the solution of these problems will take time and patience. They will not be solved at a single meeting or in a hasty manner ... In the limited time for which the heads of government could meet, they would not undertake to agree upon substantive answers to the major difficulties facing the world. Such a meeting could, however, provide a new impetus by establishing the basis for the detailed work which will be required . . . The important thing is to begin the process promptly and to pursue...
...same. It would destroy the U.S. lead in nuclear weapons, but would preserve the Russian advantage in military manpower. The new Soviet plan submitted to the U.N. subcommittee on disarmament in London last week appears to make enough concessions to be worth discussing (see FOREIGN NEWS), but the manner in which it was publicized indicates that it is little more than another Communist propaganda gambit...
...humanitarianism impels his heirs in their huge educational and philanthropic venture, "the world's greatest helping hand." The aims are the same--to bring peace and to make the world a better place for all--but the Ford Foundation has set out to accomplish these ends in a realistic manner which may bring far more success than ever greeted Henry Ford. Where the man sought to cure symptoms, the institution attacks fundamental causes...
...Trustees spent $58,000,000 in this manner. Because each request must be individually processed and investigated, the Foundation spent more than $2,000,000 during the same year for administrative expenses. From 1951 through 1953 the Foundation granted $119,000,000 to people and institutions all over the world, for individual projects requiring from $6 to more than...