Word: cores
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hyphenated Candidate. The basis for the slogan had existed in Wisconsin ever since Warren entered, but now the spotlight was focused on Warren-Eisenhower, the hyphenated candidate. Warren insisted he was running on his own. But the core of his slate was made up of old Progressives, including ex-Governor Phil La Follette, who are Eisenhowermen at heart. They turned to Warren because they could...
...Toynbee found wide response when he attacked the easy optimism which regards history as an endless escalator to progress rather than a continuing struggle between good & evil. The Harvard report on U.S. education (TIME, Aug. 13, 1945) signaled a serious drive in more & more U.S. universities for a unified core of knowledge. More & more educators are realizing the need for 1) greater order, without which freedom is impossible; 2) more attention to moral questions or-as one of them puts it-know-why rather than know-how. Harvard's James Bryant Conant has pointed out the need...
...Success. Wood then built up the strong central buying system from 20,000 suppliers which is the core of Sears' operation and the key to its mass-merchandising success. He bought control or stock interest in 95 companies to get the goods he wanted at the prices he wanted. This bulk buying at lower prices gives Sears an average net profit of 6% on sales v. 3% for most department stores...
Harvard College was built around a sturdy religious core. Its Puritan founders, "dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches," dedicated their new school to supplying an intelligent one. The first endowed Harvard professorship (established in 1721) was a chair of divinity...
...College welcoming committee and unofficial guide, opened its annual competition to freshman and sophomores. The basis of acceptance: hard work and sincere interest in the group. The duration of the competition: until the All-College weekend, scheduled for May 10. Those men accepted in May become "permanent" members, the core and working part...