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The Atomic Energy Commission's action deserves commendation, for it represents a refreshing break from the commission's past emphasis on partisanship and political expediency.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oppenheimer's Return | 4/9/1963 | See Source »

There have been riots, but only sometimes: students filled the Square for two hours in 1950, but they earned a commendation for good behavior by staying in their rooms two years later.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Riots Highlighted Past Weekends | 11/23/1962 | See Source »

Born into the Virginia aristocracy that produced four of the U.S.'s first five Presidents, Monroe had an affinity for history in the making, and he lived his life in the thick of it. As a teen-age officer in the Revolutionary Army, he was severely wounded in a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Durable Doctrine | 9/21/1962 | See Source »

A. Edward Lilley, associate professor of Astronomy, was one of ten men chosen for commendation by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J.C. Cites Lilley | 1/22/1962 | See Source »

Lots of people liked Julian Harvey. A handsome, curly-headed, flat-bellied man of 44, he was a familiar figure around the Florida ports where he worked as a captain and sometime seaman on chartered yachts. He was a weight lifter and a physical-fitness cultist, with a stammer that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sea: The Bluebelle's Last Voyage | 12/1/1961 | See Source »

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