Word: backgrounds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ironically enough, this very nearly ruined his career. Irritated by the controversial publicity he had received, Foreign Service brass was inclined to regard Ward as a nuisance, and in September 1950 he was named consul general in Nairobi, a job that made little use of his peculiar qualifications and background...
Ringing Defense. In explaining the tax to Parliament Finance Minister Harris carefully skirted the bill's political background, instead billed it as a "very exceptional" measure to protect Canada's struggling magazines. Actually, the Canadian magazines are doing better than ever; their circulation is up 51% in the past decade, their gross advertising revenue up 165%. In a brief to the government only two weeks ago, Canada's Periodical Press Association forecast: "Much larger circulations for Canadian periodicals; more Canadian publishers and new publications in all fields; bigger individual issues...
Despite such advance warnings, most Washington educators were unprepared for the problems that integration has imposed. Commented one principal, whose school is now 60% Negro: "It's largely a matter of economic background. There's just nothing to build on. We have to give them some foundation before we can even start." Because most of the Negro students come from poor homes, teachers have had to spend considerable time attempting to straighten them out on matters of hygiene and discipline...
Greater Need. Despite this state of affairs, most District educators are bitterly opposed to Commissioner Lane's demotion plan. "It is the duty of the public schools to accept children without blaming them or punishing them for their lack of intelligence or limited cultural background," said a committee of 17 school officials in a statement issued by School Superintendent Hobart M. Corning...
Under distinctive chandeliers, housemembers eat food supplied from the central kitchen. Some few form cliques, but by the end of the sophomore year, most people mix at the tables no matter what their previous background. Tutors are friendly during meals but do not make a special effort to sit with students. Traditionally, Master Perkins holds High Table every Monday evening. Then about a dozen seniors eat with tutors and other guests in the scholarly ranks on a raised platform at one end of the dining hall...