Word: affairs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
White charges in return that Peterson himself was aware of the coup and even agreed to participate--only to back out when adverse publicity became too great. Peterson denies that he ever agreed to have any part in the affair...
Making a mockery of the whole affair was the fact that neither the publishers nor the strikers won any ground in their struggle. Before the men walked out, the publishers offered a $7 wage boost over a two-year period, which was later turned down twice by the union members. The settlement was merely a rejiggering of the publishers' original offer: the union got a raise of $3.55 the first year, $1.75 the second, a ninth paid holiday (Columbus Day), and three days' paid sick leave. Estimated cost to the publishers: same as the $7, over-two-years...
...coeducational colleges. But its slim endowment of $8,500,000 places it among the respectable poor of good U.S. educational institutions. Carleton's top professors are paid meagerly, its physics and biology facilities are old and cramped, its students need dormitories, and its only stage is a makeshift affair in a 110-seat basement theater. To mend the bare spots in its academic Mackinaw, Carleton has set itself an enormous task for so small a college: to raise $10 million in the next four years...
Bamberger's of Newark, N.J., will hold a Career Open House Dec. 29 and 30 at 10:30 a.m. for students interested in merchandising, sales promotion, and other topics relative to department store management. Filene's of Boston will hold a similar affair for seniors Tuesday, Dec. 30. Reservations for the latter must be made before next Wednesday at the store's Training Department...
Dinners, receptions, smokers, or other programs are planned by the following clubs for Dec. 29: Columbus, Miami, and Washington, D.C. On Dec. 30, the Harvard Club of Eastern New York will hold an affair at the Wolferts Roost Country Club in Albany, where Coach Lamar will again be the guest speaker. The Birmingham, Cincinnati, and Cleveland organizations will also sponsor functions on that date...