Word: donning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Clear Record. In Phoenix, Ariz., Representative David Hill Campbell had a sign on his desk in the Arizona state legislature: "Don't ask me for any information. If I knew anything, I would not be here."
Evident across the U.S., in the midst of brisk consumer spending for new cars, power boats and vacation-bound plane trips, was an almost rebellious hostility toward threatened tax boosts and heavy governmental spending. "Wherever I go," said Boston Democrat John E. Powers, president of the state senate, "all I...
Why had they done it? Last week, resting in Anchorage, the four were almost too busy planning new assaults to answer. Said Sinclair: "We usually just joke, 'to get away from tidal waves.' You can't describe climbing to people. They don't have anything to...
Conductor Caston could hear the soloists only through a set of earphones, which went dead during rehearsals. Soprano Steber walked out of the dress rehearsals after trying to sing over howling winds, and the chorus of miners, recruited from local choirs and glee clubs, groped for entrance cues. In the...
Off the Blackboard. Most 128 companies stress their academic bent. Their competitive advantage is sheer brainpower-a blackboard, chalk and talent snatched from all across the U.S. They attract many corporation scientists who want to do advance research at local universities-and then they jealously guard these recruits. Said one...