Word: request
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Purpose Prejudicial." One day last week Fuchs's superiors, at the request of the police, asked him to appear at their offices in London's Shell-Mex House. Two Scotland Yard men placed him under arrest. Fuchs turned to one of his scientific superiors and asked: "Do you realize the effect of this at Harwell...
Although one o'clock permissions have previously been unlimited for the second tremors, since 1942 they have had to request verbal consent from either the house mother or president. The Board decided the automatic granting of requests was unnecessary red tape...
...Lamont Library Committee asked for advice from the Council on the construction and operation of the library in 1947-48; the scholarship office and the Committee, on Advising asked for and received reports from the Council on their fields of investigation in 1949. The G E Committee, at their request, had several student committees serving as suggesters and advisors. The "Harvard Education, 1948. The Students' View" report on the other hand originated with the Council, as did the suggestion of joint exams with Radcliffe, and the agitation for parking lots...
...Salonika, the most colorful competition was provided by the leader of the Byzantine Party, Michael Angelopoulou, whose symbol is the two-headed eagle. He calls himself Michael I* and claims to be descended from the Byzantine Dynasty, but scorns requests for proof ("let someone contest it if he dares"). He urges all parties to unite with him for restoration of the Byzantine Empire, "of course without quarreling with the Turks, who are good, sweet fellows." Fiery, mustached Emperor Michael is vague about most of his program, but specific on one point: if elected, he wants a carved walnut throne. When...
...week just as Hume Wrong, Canada's ambassador to the U.S., was getting ready to take the problem to Secretary of State Dean Acheson. The U.S. State Department asked Wrong to delay his visit for one day, and submitted informally a surprising new set of U.S. terms. The request for a blank check for military aid was dropped. The demand for cash in advance was changed; Canada could use letters of credit. The third stipulation-that Canada export no U.S.-made arms without permission-was watered down, giving Washington control only of equipment containing more than half U.S. parts...