Word: employer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Grades at Bennington are kept only for graduate school references, without even the cryptic sort of communication to students Reed may employ. Written reports and weekly meetings with a counselor tell students of their progress...
...primer on the new tongue in the current Holiday, Fadiman classifies the M.C.s of the top quiz and interview shows as the Noah Websters and Fowlers of the age. Writes he: "They employ certain mandatory words and phrases, now becoming part of our general vocabulary: but seriously to indicate that what follows is to be duller than what has preceded; definitely for yes; great or wunnerful to express mild approval, or often merely to show that the M.C. has heard and noted a statement by the interviewee; he's so right; I've got news for yuh; that...
...classrooms than the Yard. But to revamp that center would require vacating many classrooms during the period of construction. Dean Sert is called upon to perform a minor miracle. The only encouraging aspect to his job is that it is the first time Harvard has even seen fit to employ a moderately scientific method of development. We hope it is not too late...
Whirlpool of Emotions. As drafted by Ike and Secretary of State Dulles, the Middle East resolution "authorized" the President to: 1) "employ the armed forces of the U.S. as he deems necessary" to defend nations requesting U.S. military help against Communist armed aggression, and 2) use up to $200 million of already appropriated funds for economic and military aid in the Middle East. The House speedily passed this version 355 to 61, with only picayune amendments...
...Commander in Chief to use armed forces to safeguard the nation's security. This doubt, the reasoning ran, might deter future Presidents from taking necessary action in future crises. To uproot this constitutional thorn patch, Mansfield drafted an amendment to change the wording from "he is authorized to employ the armed forces of the U.S. as he deems necessary" to "if the President determines the necessity thereof, the U.S. is prepared to use armed forces...