Word: backed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years ago, when the Office of Student Placement and the Office of Tests sent a job and future plan questionnaire to the members of the Class of 1952, a peeved man wrote back: "Who can 'realistically' project himself 25 years into the future? Perhaps men who have become attached to a governmental or business bureaucracy can do so. I cannot--and do not want the kind of career where...
...ruled as a major seapower until her sun set in the flaming air-sea action of Leyte Gulf 40 years later. Admiral Rozhestvensky. saved when his officers carried him wounded and semiconscious from a disabled turret before the Suvoroff sank, had no excuses and offered none. On his way back to St. Petersburg for court martial (he was acquitted) and retirement, he said: "No, there was no treason. We just weren't strong enough-and God gave us no luck...
...Look Back in Anger. A choleric young man at war with the world makes for uneven but fairly arresting theater. In RICHMOND and WILMINGTON...
...Crimson point total; but this was no small consideration to those who remembered last year's de bacle. A series of 15-yard penalties may have cost the Crimson a couple of extra touchdowns, and it was particularly vexing to have a fine punt return by Don Gerety called back...
...Back at the Annex, however, angry words are being spilled over bowls of dull pineapple chunks. The Radcliffe honor system, about the only virtuous thing left in the world these days, is seen doomed; and kuties who cultivate the seedy demeanor are complaining that now they will have to dress-up when they take integrated finals...