Word: entertainers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...right to entertain girls in one's room is a privilege granted by the University. But its withdrawal should be of demonstrable benefit. The only group which benefits from the weekly amputation of the parietal hours is the house committees, whose dances, presumably, enjoy increased attendance...
Cuaderno himself is firmly convinced that free enterprise would bring backward countries more benefits than state-controlled economic systems. "Why, then, it may be asked, should the freedom-loving people of some underdeveloped countries entertain any misgivings about the capitalist or free-enterprise system?" The chief reason, said Cuaderno, is that they remember the years of foreign domination under the colonial system. Actually, said Cuaderno, the underdeveloped countries are not anti-capitalist at all; they are just nationalistic−and understandably so. They want to be the bosses of their own industries. They prefer loans from foreign governments to foreign...
Many another co-worker has felt the bite of Philip's sarcasm. Said one of his close associates: "He doesn't mind putting himself out for people it's his duty to entertain. But when he wants facts from someone who is supposed to have them and he finds out they don't or are indifferent-well, then he can be bloody rude." He once interrupted a long-winded scientist in the midst of a long lecture, to remark: "That's all very well, but you still haven't found out what makes...
...project answers students' requests for their own place to entertain dates. Paid 'Cliffites will operate the Field House and sell sandwiches, cookies, and coffee. A three-speed phonograph and records have been purchased, and record donations are welcome...
Each station that wants to try pay TV will have to petition FCC for permission. Furthermore, the commission will not entertain any applications until after March 1. Thus it skillfully tossed the problem to Congress, many of whose members oppose pay TV because powerful pressure groups, e.g., unions and veterans' organizations, have protested that it will be an added expense on family budgets. Congress could effectively discourage pay TV by setting up rigid standards for performance. Arkansas Democrat Oren Harris said that his House Commerce Committee will investigate, and Brooklyn Democrat Emanuel Celler has authored a bill to make...