Word: begin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Three trials involving Congressional committee power to ask questions about an individual's associations or beliefs will begin or resume today...
While the announcement does not give a definite promise that Lamont will immediately begin to meet the needs of the students it serves, the statement is a good omen to those who must use its facilities. The financial problem represents a sizable stumbling-block, but could be partially overcome if students were allowed to replace regular employees at the checkout desks during the extended hours. Many job-seeking undergraduates would welcome the chance to work at times when classes do not meet...
...most part, this anthology of "Americas second most popular after-dark activity" consists of short classics-from Stephen Crane's A Poker Game to John OHara's Where's the Game? -still worth more than a white chip. Some of them, though, seem to begin after the deal has started and end before the reader gets his fifth card. Best of the lot, perhaps, is Somerset Maugham's Straight Flush, a poignant tale of a man burdened with failing eyesight, and not idiocy, who chose the one time in 64,973 chances to misread his hand...
...Other companies, while helping their workers buy stock, also do their best to educate them about possible dangers. Sample quote from Inland Steel's booklet: "Buying stocks involves risk . . . Before you buy, you should give consideration to a family insurance plan . . . And it's possible you should begin a home-financing program before investing in stocks...
...down happily as housekeeper and butler. The process of persuasion-a proposition of mind over no-matter-is gentle and artistic. With the sensitivity of great sculptors, the identity changers mold a pride here, add an envy there, knead habits into place. In naming a butler, for instance: "We begin with the premise that every butler believes he was born to command a fleet . . . But Nelson was too common a name . . . Beatty. . . too rowdy for a butler. The same for Mountbatten. But in Jellicoe you found everything-a bellicose, echoing, challenging suggestion discreetly balanced by an opening syllable indicative...