Word: dismissals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bill which requires college presidents to dismiss any faculty member who "advocates the overthrow of the government by force or violence" was yesterday approved, 181 to 46, by the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The bill now goes to the Senate...
Partisans of the movie are free to dismiss this as carping, especially since I am a male reviewing what is undoubtedly a very feminine picture. "The River," a study of adolescent girls written by a sensitive woman novelist, seems to hang together better for those who can identify more closely with the protagonists. I have a feeling that more women than men will consider "The River" a truly great picture...
Boxing the Compass. In Baltimore, after a judge told three brawlers he would dismiss charges if they got out of town, Defendant North went west, Easterly headed south, but Southern paid his fine and stayed...
Letters in Blood. Later, Mossadeq got a law doctorate in Switzerland, and in 1916 the young lawyer was appointed Under Secretary of Finance. With characteristic energy and total lack of tact, he tried summarily to dismiss hundreds of do-nothing officeholders. Some of them wrote him threatening letters in blood. He was fired, but in 1919 Mossadeq jumped up again. He founded his political reputation by attacking the British (who had just forced the Persian government to sign a treaty making the country virtually a protectorate). He was exiled again; in 1920 he was back as governor of a province...
...Prospects. For the moment, Mossadeq holds power in his frail, nervous hands. The only other Iranian politician of stature is Ahmad Qavam, who is ill in Switzerland. The young Shah, who is known to favor a go-slow policy on oil nationalization, could dissolve Parliament, dismiss Mossadeq and rule the country with his still loyal army, but all signs indicate that he does not dare try. Even the Communists have for the moment been stopped by Mossadeq's popularity. They have called off street demonstrations and other political action, evidently waiting to strike if & when Mossadeq makes a mess...