Word: fair
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whole insidious plot designed to demean the fair name of Harvard will transpire in the comic strip "Li'1 Abner," and was hatched by the cartoon's creator, Al Capp, a man with a cause...
...sitting at the head of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. was 63-year-old George Meany, the stocky, onetime plumber's helper with a mind and heart as tough as cast-iron pipe. To Meany-and the executive council-the issue was clear: the Teamsters were dirty, they had fair warning, there was no backing down...
...immune to real terror over the last decade to be frightened by what they called "firecrackers," the lively Saigonese were suddenly thrown into a genuine panic as a result of their own celebrations. As thousands flocked to the trade fair marking their young republic's second birthday, a bottleneck developed at the two narrow bridges leading to the fair grounds. A stampede resulted; one of the bridges collapsed. Some 49 celebrators, including 36 women and children, were killed...
Accompanying Ike to Manhattan for his speech to medical educators (see MEDICINE), Mamie Eisenhower passed up the banquet for My Fair Lady. Ike's speech finished, he whizzed over to Broadway, slipped into the darkened theater in time to join Mamie for the final 40 minutes. Recognized by few in the audience, Ike and the First Lady left just before the final curtain, were outside being cheered by a crowd when Stage Manager Biff Liff came on stage and wrongly announced their presence inside. Next afternoon, Mamie saw Auntie Mame, dropped backstage at intermission to greet her old friend...
...Glee Club's proposed trip to the Brussels World Fair and to the Vienna Choral Festival this summer has been cancelled, following the rejection of the group's appeal for federal...