Word: conduction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Miss Lucy Busselle of Everett House was awarded the Captain Jonathan Fay Prize, given to the member of the graduating class who, "during her whole course by her scholarship, conduct and character has given evidence of the greatest promise...
...indication of Arab-Israeli feelings, Lebanon's Parliament exploded in rage for 3½ hours last week at the conduct of Lebanon's foremost international statesman, U.N. General Assembly President Charles Malik. Malik's crime: he had stepped into the Israeli pavilion while touring an international trade fair at Manhattan's Coliseum, and actually sipped champagne with Israeli officials. "Shameful and treacherous," said Foreign Minister Hussein Oweini. "He should have died of thirst rather than drink Israeli champagne," cried Deputy Jean Aziz...
...money) to the status of a fine art. The art was born of an 1830 court decision, the "Prudent Man Rule." In settling a suit charging a trustee with negligence in investing in common stocks, the judge held that a trustee for someone else's money need only "conduct himself faithfully and exercise the sound discretion" in investments that a prudent man would. This meant that Boston trustees could prudently buy into common stocks, fear no suits from clients even if they lost every penny...
...retired at the end of last year and regards his first year as an emeritus professor as "a prolonged summer vacation." Actually, the professor has yet to experience full retirement. During fall term he had three graduate tutees, and this term he has been invited to read theses and conduct doctoral exams. His daily routine has been changed only by the fact that he has found time to accept invitations to lecture outside the University. He most recently was invited to deliver the Candler Lectures at Emory University. When he was still actively teaching, Professor Wolfson felt he couldn...
...must march with the bourgeoisie, and Cuba is the example." While Communists praised the revolution, many moderate Cubans who supported Castro from the start are losing faith. "It's a swindle," said a prosperous Havana professional man. These former Castro supporters deplore his confiscating land decrees, the conduct of some of his men and the course of his government. Castro soldiers careen about the city in Jeeps with guns in their belts and girls at their sides. Armed Forces Chief Raul Castro is living in a $220,000 mansion confiscated from a crony of Batista...