Word: fair
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Philip J. McNiff, Lamont Librarian, who was in charge of the study hall last year, said that the room got a fair amount of use during the reading period and early part of exam period, but was nearly empty the rest of the term...
...friendly manner, a booming laugh, a bone-crushing handshake. A working Mason (33rd degree, past Grand Master of California), he often reads the Bible before going to bed at night or the first thing in the morning. His staff knows him as a firm and exacting boss, but a fair and considerate one. He is neat, orderly, practical, unimaginative, calm, judicious and stubborn. Said an old friend and associate: "He'll be careful as hell before he makes up his mind, but once he's decided... nothing in the world will change him." Although he has never expounded...
...Even the Fair Deal's onetime economic weatherman, Leon Keyserling, could see few storm signs ahead, told a Manhattan audience: "The years ahead...can witness an unparalleled period of economic stability and growth...It is my firm conviction that we can lift our annual national product from about $375 billion now to close to $500 billion...
...home front ("Give me two weeks . . . and I'll change the so-called mind of the American public on any given subject"). After the Armistice, Author Creel freelanced in California, ran unsuccessfully against Fellow Muckraker Upton Sinclair in 1934 gubernatorial primary, later broke with the New Deal-Fair Deal, last fall headed northern California's Democrats for Eisenhower...
...prediction for fair, brisk weather for today cuts down the possibility of an upset by the Crimson. Munro's group may have stood a better chance of a wet or soggy field...