Word: appealed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this book. That was myself. Don't do it." And from a member of the class of 1921: "If you start in the middle it's not so bad. Except now and then it is all unutterable rot." Another '21 contributed, "Most foolish book ever written." The book's appeal seems to have remained constant throughout the years, for a member of '55 felt impelled to add, "This book is the absolute worst. Be careful not to read...
...fall's team, if not a championship one, will once again receive the customary minor letter. This "reward" policy illustrates the regrettable arbitrariness of the Athletic Association's major-minor letter system. Whether or not a player receives a major letter now hinges either upon his team's spectator appeal or its success. By disregarding the amount of time, ability, and hard work a sport demands, this policy contradicts the College's tradition of sponsoring athletics because of their participant value, not their spectator popularity...
Weekday is the name of Weaver's new woman's home companion. A variation of Monitor, NBC's weekend guide to fun and frolic, Weekday bounces around all day long (10:156 p.m.), five days a week (Mon.-Fri.). Its appeal to housewives, mothers, matrons and maids is contained in the show's opening lines: "Don't stop! Don't look! Listen...
...shopper filled four books of stamps by buying $480 worth of groceries and won a $13 chafing dish, she would get nothing free. She would pay about $20 in inflated markups. As far back as 1916, the U.S. Supreme Court saw the danger of trading stamps, called them "an appeal to stupidity," and gave states authority to make them illegal. But so far, no states have had the temerity to interfere with a housewife in search of a bargain...
...willingness and ability" before the CAB issues a certificate. Only line left out: North American Airlines, the biggest nonscheduled passenger carrier, which is charged with breaking so many CAB regulations that its right to fly was suspended by the CAB, then later stayed by a circuit court, pending an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court (TIME, July...