Word: drives
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Beginning a drive to halt mounting violations of Cambridge bicycle laws, the city police force yesterday took the names of 127 bicycle-riders observed breaking Cambridge traffic regulations...
...entire Faculty of the University, including President Pusey, will be solicited for the first time this year during the P.B.H. Blood Drive, which opens Monday...
Because of the "credits" Harvard has established in the community blood bank, the families of employees who donate will be eligible for free blood should they need it. The drive committee estimated that the community should be enriched by at least 1000 College pledges and almost as many pints of blood, if student health remains good...
...Harvard is convinced of its superiority, not only academically--which may have some demonstrable basis--but in a sort of intangible mystique which can be felt by any Freshman during his first week here. This attitude has both its good and bad sides. At its best, it produces a drive for, and appreciation of, excellence; it maintains high standards and good taste. At its worst, however, it gives rise to cavalier disdain and snobbery, to what has been termed "upper-directed" behavior, to pride, and to false pride. Humility remains a rare quality at Harvard...
...industrial nations have usually experienced after a major growth spurt. Many of the Soviets' methods and machines were pirated straight from the West, and they sparked the spurt; now they are aging, and the rate of growth is bound to go down. Furthermore, in the days of breakneck drive for growth in the '20s and '30s, writes Nove, "Iron ore or coal mines were 'creamed,' the best and most easily accessible mineral being taken as quickly as possible. The virgin lands campaign was launched with little consideration for the long-term problem of soil conservation...