Word: drives
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plan to remove the Combined Charities drive from Student Council control and set up an independent executive board will be proposed soon, Peter J. Solomon '60, co-chairman of this year's drive, disclosed last night...
...Fund Drive on Schedule...
...suggested changes are twofold. The first involves new procedures for closing Senate debate by a two-thirds majority of those present after two days of debate, or by a simple majority of those present after fifteen days. The anti-filibuster drive is headed primarily by men who fear the power of Southern conservatives in blocking civil rights legislation and who are willing to abandon a long-standing Senate tradition of talkativeness to achieve their civil rights objectives...
...once (in another, similar fight in the 85th Congress) and can be relied upon to stick to his guns. After he rules, the Senate will operate temporarily under standard parliamentary rules which permit closure by a simple majority. Thus the liberals can terminate a filibuster against their anti-filibuster drive without much trouble...
...delaying his retirement until 1960, Jordan said he hoped the major part of the current Ten Year Plan for strengthening the college would be accomplished by that date. According to the Radcliffe news office, the fund drive is "right on schedule," and $3 1/2 million of the $10 million goal had been raised by the time of the December progress report...