Word: civically
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Committee holds that the City, particularly the Recreation Department, should share expenses not connected with education, such as those incurred by various church and civic organizations...
President Harnwell was being unjust to the Class of 1960. ("Loyal Penn Men tried and true, '60 leads the Red and Blue" runs their class cheer.) Actually the painting which graced the sidewalk outside his office that morning was the work of the Spirit Committee, a civic body that arranges pep rallies and other patriotic events...
...anxiety lest the voters mistake the issues that were being raised. The Democrats seemed determined to make the draft and the H-bomb the issues on which they would win or lose. In that case, the U.S. had to understand its choice. In Portland's aging civic auditorium, he spelled it out: "Hard sense and experience versus pie-in-the-sky promises and wishful thinking...
Hoegh plunged back into civic and political activity with the same fast pace, was elected the first World War II com mander of the American Legion post, became chairman of the Chariton Development Co. to woo new industry, president of the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club, a leader in the National Guard. In 1948 he stumped for liberal Harold Stassen, in 1950 ran in the primary against entrenched Republican Congressman Karl LeCompte. "For the Republican Party," said eager Campaigner Hoegh, "do-nothing and me-too are out. The party should draw its inspiration from the people and free...
...music world's most talented and tempestuous diva, Manhattan-born Soprano Maria Meneghini Callas, winged from Italy to touch native soil for the first time since she held eight outnumbered process servers to a draw in a Chicago Civic Opera House fracas (TIME, Nov. 21). Sued for $300,000 by a Manhattan attorney who keeps on claiming that she owes him 10% of her earnings since he launched her in 1947 (when she scaled almost 200 Ibs.), slim (5 ft. 7 in., 132 Ibs.) Maria will make her Metropolitan Opera debut late this month. No process servers greeted...