Word: beta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...year-old Bobby Franks, learned that the parole board had turned down his bid for freedom after 28 years in stir because he "is not the right type of man to go back to society." Told not to apply for parole again until 1965, Leopold, a Phi Beta Kappa who has studied 26 languages in prison, said he was "somewhat disappointed," but could "only accept the decision as gracefully as possible." Five & Dime Heiress Barbara Mutton and German Tennis Ace Baron Gottfried von Cramm, her "dearest friend for years" (notably since her 1951 divorce from her fourth husband, Prince Igor...
...Junior Eight of Phi Beta Kappa will be initiated tonight in a ceremony following the annual spring dinner of the society, in the Senior Fellow's Room at Eliot House...
Other awards were simultaneously announced. The Henry Russell Shaw Fellowship for travel abroad has been awarded to Paul J. Alpers of Lowell. Alpers is an English concentrator and a member of Phi Beta Kappa...
...four Columbia fraternities whose constitutions still retain discriminatory clauses are Sigma Nu, Sigma Chi, Zeta Beta Tau, and Alpha Sigma...
Coming from an honorary group of students in the country's leading law school, such spontaneous action stands as a compelling precedent for other organizations faced with a similar decision. Is there any reason that Phi Beta Kappa, Law Reviews, and other honorary groups should not follow suit? As for non-honorary groups, the conclusion is a fortiori. If there are any distinguishing factors, any compelling circumstances, that differentiate the Legal Aid case from any other, the Bureau has chosen to conceal them...