Word: background
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recently instituted Planning Office, headed by John W. Teele '27, has prepared the exhibition, which describes the historical physical development of the University and forms a background to the Program for Harvard College...
...unwed Roman Catholic mother (TIME, April 1), was halted by Florida's Governor LeRoy Collins. At Tallahassee, after hearing more than two hours of testimony, Collins announced that he would not allow the Ellises to be extradited to Massachusetts, where they face a charge of kidnaping Hildy. Background of the charge: a few weeks after she signed the adoption papers, Hildy's mother, Marjorie McCoy, said she had not known that the Ellises were Jewish, began fighting to have Hildy turned over to a Catholic agency. Massachusetts courts ordered the Ellises to do so; instead, they .left their...
...kept their ears trained on Edinburgh. Last week the General Assembly in Edinburgh elected Dr. George F. MacLeod its new moderator despite his known promerger leanings, vigorously shushed a delegate who opposed his election. But whatever sounds of ecumenical accord come this week from the General Assembly, in the background there will be the rumble of dour dissent from clergy and churchgoers. Rumbled the Scottish Daily Express: "The spirit of Knox is not dead...
...Natural "background" radiation from cosmic rays and radioactive materials in the earth does some damage to the human body. In the pre-atomic past the human species kept ahead of this damage, but many scientists are worried about new ' sources of radiation, such as medical and dental X rays, "hot labs" and nuclear reactors. They fear that a point may come when the human species will lose its struggle with radiation and begin to deteriorate...
Like most country singers, Husky and Robbins specialize in agonizing tales of unrequited love, told to the metronome thrub-dub of a guitar. As a concession to the pop market, both have added background support from mewing vocal ensembles. Of the two, Missouri-born Singer Husky, 31, is the better vocalist, and in his current hit, Gone (Capitol), has the more heart-rending material to work with ("Since you've gone/ The moon, the sun, the stars in the sky/ Know all the reasons...