Word: point
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...more immediate interest to Treasury Secretary Anderson's practical intelligence was the $700 million that the U.S. spends annually on the 250,000 U.S. troops that, together with the British army of the Rhine, still constitute the backbone of West Germany's defense. Here was a point at which the Germans could help directly to stem the rising flow of U.S. gold and dollars to Europe. All along, Adenauer's government has stubbornly resisted making any direct contribution to the support of U.S. forces in Germany, on the ground that this would smack too much...
...Tunis a rebel spokesman said flatly: "We will have nothing to do with a truncated puppet state. We have made this point of view abundantly clear." In Algiers, Europeans crowding bars and cafes spoke freely of mass insurrection should De Gaulle seriously try to set up a Moslem Deputy Commissioner. Rumors spread that the police, in the event of an uprising, would throw a cordon around the city and starve it into submission. Sneered an ultra leader: "De Gaulle wants to turn Algiers into a second Budapest...
Besides the obvious talking point that those who want intellectual activity are getting it, the seminars have a second and, perhaps unexpected, beneficial effect: they are bringing undergraduates into contact with teachers and authorities outside the University...
...take control of the New Orleans schools. State aid to the city's schools comes to 57 per cent of their budget, and with $2,300,000 needed for imminent payrolls, the board's lawyer, Samuel Rosenberg, has stated that its position has become "completely untenable." "From a practical point of view, the board is reaching a point where it will, regardless of the orders of the court, be unable to operate the schools," Rosenberg said. He has asked the three judge commission now deciding whether to maintain Judge Wright's restraining order to nullify the flood of legislation against...
...your second paragraph points out, the Student Council has undertaken a comprehensive educational program in Twentieth Century Week and has taken a very prominent position in NSA affairs--especially in the New England region. I would like to point out that most of the effort and interest in these areas has resulted from the efforts of few Student Council members matched by a some-what larger number of non-Council Harvard students...