Word: appealed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unusual factors are working in the committee's favor. First, Cambridge has a strong traditional appeal which makes even prosperous residents especially reluctant to depart. Second, Cambridge's biggest industry--education--is so deeply committed to the city that ia cannot consider emigration...
...masters of the give-away program have a new gambit. Advised that gold-plated diaper changers, trips to Saudi Arabia, and dates with Marlon Brando have lost some of their public appeal, the industrial publicists have a new and more grandiose scheme, the multi-million dollar Scholorama. Combining the best features of the free ride, the American enthusiasm for youth, and the support of an articulate intelligensia, the device is sweeping the nation...
...diplomat could never hope to draw. The proving ground is Indo-China around 1950, when the Communists had fully shown their hand but had not yet begun their big push. How was the U.S. to handle its difficult French allies, faction-ridden Viet Nam, the everlasting intrigue, the demagogic appeal of the Reds...
Nowadays, political clubs are more interested in constructive action. In 1952, for instance, the Harvard Liberal Union, working in conjunction with several members of the faculty in a nationwide Civil Liberties Appeal, helped raise over $14,000 in a futile effort to unseat two main "opponents of civil liberties," Republican Senators William Jenner of Indiana and Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin...
...college drama emphasizes the need for competence and suggests that all those who wish to perform in H.D.C. productions should first go through a training period. This amounts to an attempt to legislate a return to the H.D.C.'s accredited actors and the comparative amateurs made clear, the snob appeal might well be strong, leading to the development of casts and out-casts...