Word: columne
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Such Little Things." In the White House, Eleanor Roosevelt, still protesting that she was basically shy, blossomed into the most assertive First Lady in U.S. history. She began writing a daily newspaper column, "My Day," which was carried by as many as 90 newspapers. She was far more New Dealish than F.D.R. ever thought of being. But he knew better than to try to censor her. Once, when she asked his advice about a column, he replied: "Lady, this is a free country.'' Her own attitude about her varied activities was that ''I always felt that...
...Crusader. It was not. She con tinued her column, wrote 15 books, conducted regular programs on radio and television, supported Adlai Stevenson at the Democratic conventions of 1952, 1956 and 1960. In all of these efforts her gentle manner concealed a fighting spirit. She had a way of infuriating her opponents by making their efforts, and not hers, seem partisan. She became a powerful force for reform in New York City's Democratic Party, led in the successful attempt to kick out Carmine De Sapio as Tammany Hall's boss...
Derek and the colonel have never existed outside the Daily Telegraph's satirical "Peter Simple" column. To many Britons, nonetheless, Wraxton and Barmitage are beginning to seem real...
...Another version of this scheme was publicized last week in the New York Times's letters column. The proposal, jointly forwarded by Harvard University's chief seismologist and by a Harvard government student, had some weird aspects. It would require the U.S. and Russia to deposit $5 billion apiece with the World Bank, as a sort of good faith deposit against discovery of an illegal underground blast within their boundaries. The evidence would come from many unmanned seismic recorders in sealed boxes scattered throughout the two countries. On every Wednesday (why this must...
...fullback Bill Grana leading the team in rushing with 243 yards in 41 carries. Grana was named to the ECAC Team of the Week for his performance against Penn. Halfback Bill Taylor is second in rushing, with 211 yards in 35 tries. Taylor also heads the receiver column with 178 yards on six catches, and the scoring totals with 32 points...