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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Under the punning slogan of "Stop Power Politics," Collins thus implies that his opponent values his own career more than such matters as education, that he either deals with or at least sympathizes with gamblers and underworld figures, and that hidden sinister sources are supplying his financial support. In response, Powers claims that he can "do more for Boston," in short, that he is effective as a politician. Of course, he denies any dishonest dealings...

Author: By Craig K. Comstock and Claude E. Welch jr., S | Title: Boston's Campaign: A Pun Against a Promise | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

...Little Four be expanded to the Little Seven with the addition of the Vatican, Luxembourg and Sark, the last a semi-autonomous island in the English Channel with .. population of 450. The baron protested that Sark has more birds than people, and added testily: "Luxembourg does not belong either. Its population of 300,000 dwarfs the rest of us put together. Be sides, Luxembourg is a member of NATO and out of our class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Other Fellows | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

...essential qualities of education. And, as for the defeatist group of students who feel, "What's the point of making a fight," I can only testify from my own experience that one doesn't know how many allies one has until one makes a fight (or enemies either), and that in this case there are many people, including government officials and "politicians" who would be indebted to Harvard for recalling them to their best selves. To see this happen--to see apparently monolithic nihilism or apathy give way--is also educative...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NDEA | 10/31/1959 | See Source »

...chosen by the faculty senate (all those holding the rank of assistant professor or higher), the President, and the Undergraduate Council. In cases which demand disciplinary action, the University Committee of Discipline convenes. This committee consists of five men from the faculty or administration and three students from either the men's or women's Undergraduate Council, dependent upon the gender of the wrongdoer. "In cases that involve both a man and woman," Peters smilingly points out, "we have two separate hearings." The only appeal of the disciplinary committee's decisions must be directed to the President...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Pennsylvania Balances Actuality Against Hope of Valued Learning | 10/30/1959 | See Source »

...count, each ballot represents only one vote; if a ballot cannot help the person markd as first choice--either because he is already elected or because he is obviously defeated--the vote goes to the second choice and so on. Thus, the ballot is transformed from pile to pile until it can help someone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Local Political Jargon: A Guide | 10/29/1959 | See Source »

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