Word: await
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After the entering freshman steps off the railroad train at South Station, he walks down a confusing maze of stairways to await a subway train to the Square. Once he is crowded into the unesthetic interior of the subway car, he has begun his first trip on what will form one of the staples of his life at Harvard...
...questions. Sample: "In a certain factory the rate of absenteeism for the 60 male employees is 10%, and the rate for the 45 female employees is 337%. What is the rate of absenteeism for the factory as a whole?" Two hours later, the 60,000 went home to await word as to whether they had passed the first hurdle towards a National Merit Scholarship (TIME, Sept. 12). Eventually, some 4,000 will find they have, and these will be winnowed down to 2,000 by the College Board Scholastic Aptitude Test. Finally, a special board of educators and admissions officers...
...anxiously await your reply. Sincerely, Edward C. Pinkus '59 Maro E. Leland...
This week's events do not signify the end of the legal road for Kamin, however. If he is convicted, his lawyers will certainly appeal. Several similar cases, such as that of teacher Corliss Lamont '24 and author Harvey O'Connor, also await decision and may affect Kamin...
...Murray Snyder reported no change in the President's condition. He was asked why the illness had been described originally as indigestion, replied that General Snyder* had wanted to await a complete diagnosis before making an announcement. Murray Snyder himself had not been informed of the President's true condition until General Snyder telephoned him while he was lunching-nearly twelve hours after the attack. At noon-ten hours after the attack-General Snyder called two Army doctors in on consultation, and an hour later a cardiogram confirmed their suspicions. As soon as he learned the true story...