Word: chores
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plan, originated by Arizona's up & coming Howard Pyle, will set the governors off on a Chautauqua-like swing through their own states, commencing next fall, to spread the Eisenhower faith and philosophy. Last week Pyle had signed up 15 prospective barnstormers. "A governor," Ike explained, "has the chore of trying to inform the people in his state so that they will in turn support reasonable programs nationally as well as statewide...
Allowing students to type examinations in special typing rooms would make the test chore a lot easier for many men. Students who are accustomed to thinking at the typewriter often find it harder to get their thoughts down smoothly in handwriting. Many men can type faster than they can write, and are used to seeing their thoughts typed in front of them. In addition, for the grader who has to wade through book after book of semi-legible scribbles, typed examinations would be a boon...
...patronage boss, Hall's No. 1 chore will be to streamline the processing of Republican job seekers. Basically, this means careful clearance with Congressmen and state political bosses before making appointments. Sherman Adams, crusty, hard-working ex-governor of New Hampshire, at first often overlooked this clearance. Then, when the squawks began, he grew so cautious that his office became a bottleneck. Another sore point among state and local partymen: the tendency of eager new Republican bureau heads to hurry the hiring of subordinates, thus bypassing patronage channels...
Dwight Eisenhower has been heard to refer to his oval, pastel-green White House office as "the maelstrom." Like other Presidents before him, he chafes at the number of visitors and routine chores (including some 200 signatures a day) that drain presidential time and energy away from the task of setting and steering the nation's course. He has succeeded in snipping away a little red tape (e.g., he shifted to the Chief of Naval Operations the chore of signing naval-officer assignment papers), but every now & then a presidential aide will hear him bark like a drill sergeant...
...course, some representatives are up on the course offerings in their department, and can offer valuable advice. A few even seek out freshmen in the elementary courses in their fields to offer guidance. But since almost every teacher in each department, is expected to pitch in at this advising chore, some advisors are bound to be insufficiently informed about courses to help in planing students' curricula...