Word: diversionism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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While a new resident college and an undergraduate library are just barely in the planning stage, the New Medical School dormitory is a fact. The university is also expected to bid for a part in a government supported New Haven slum clearance plan that would make possible a low cost...
Any game, sport, play, or public diversion, including, specifically, miniature golf, is forbidden by law on Sunday in Massachusetts. This same law also once closed the doors of movie theaters, unless their owners could get a city license to show a picture. But the cities of Massachusetts could not grant...
Power. "We have power out of productivity; a part is set aside to make sure that the treasure house of freedom will not be pillaged. We do not like to divert human effort to nonproductive purposes, and it requires a strong sense of duty to apply, as we are doing...
COPPER SQUEEZE will be eased temporarily by diversion to industry of 11,000 tons earmarked for U.S. stockpiles. Defense industries and flood-damaged users in New England will be given priority on the copper.
Into the Foundation. Tucked away in a vast mansion in Paris were many of Gulbenkian's art treasures, ranging in taste and quality from the finest of Rembrandts to Paul Chabas' famed and wishy-washy September Morn. In his last years, even their owner seldom saw them. Separated...