Word: choses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...world war with the Soviet Union OR surrender to the Soviet Union, would you favor war or surrender?" While the substantial majority of both men and girls selected "war," Radcliffe girls were more prone to consider "surrender" as an acceptable alternative. Whereas 75 per cent of the Harvard men chose "war," only 64 per cent of the Radcliffe girls preferred "war" to "surrender...
...that among the godless, American surrender as the proper alternative in the face of an otherwise inevitable world war with the Soviet Union was outvoted by less than two-to-one, whereas the general vote against surrender ran close to three-to-one 2.) the group of 215 who chose war include over fourfifths of those who were also willing to affirm a belief in the immortality of the soul (all but fourteen persons), while 35 per cent of the non-believers took the opposite stand in favor of surrender...
...usual, law, medicine, and business were the top trio of intended careers, with a sixth, an eighth, and an eleventh in these categories, respectively. Education followed with a seventeenth, a twenty-seventh picked engineering, and the same number chose journalism...
...President and Fellows of Harvard, the Corporation and the Board of Overseers are "Trustees," and as such should exercise extreme vigilance whenever they give an honor in the name of Harvard. I do not know how much you were connected with the nomination, but assume that those who chose Bunche's name must consult with you, as president of Harvard...
...Peabody chose its greatest director, Frederick Ward Putnam, who was to remain in command until 1909, and, in the following year, it moved into the first installment of its present home on Divinity Avenue. From the very beginning, the Peabody collection had been poorly displayed because of insufficient financial endowment. As he soon found out, Putnam had to raise funds unendingly to alleviate this grave situation. In fact, the endowment of Peabody was so small that it could barely meet the necessary expenses of administration...