Word: fairing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...those students who wish to continue the religious education they once received at home, and for those who care to investigate their Jewish heritage, the answer lies in Hillel. The Harvard Hillel House faces a number of obstacles in attracting membership. For the unenthusiastic student who is nevertheless "fair game" for Hillel, the long walk to Bryant Street may be a major deterrent. There is competition from the multitude of clubs, publications, political organizations and athletics for the extra time of undergraduates...
...many other respects, the sampling of Radcliffe girls scarcely varied from the patterns set by Harvard undergraduates. The Annex exhibited its fair share of religious fundamentalists, moderates, liberals, agnostics, and atheists...
...ordinary time and clime, the election would have been of less than routine interest to most Americans; six unknown men were running to retain their places on the school board of a fair-sized U.S. city. But this was Little Rock, 20 months after segregationist rioting blazed into world headlines and 8½-months after the high schools closed rather than permit Negro children to sit with whites. This election was, in fact, a crucial test of whether Little Rock was ready to begin its return to sanity. Little Rock...
Last fall this hilarious enterprise was boffo at the Texas State Fair and invitations to hit the road in Britain landed on Reeve's desk. To pay their way, the players kicked in their savings, worked at all sorts of odd jobs, raised $10,000 on their own. Friends, teachers, fellow students boosted the ante to $17,000. Result: the Howard Payne Dream will be sole U.S. representative at Bristol's prestigious International Festival of University Theater, and for nine weeks will get top billing at professional theaters in Coventry, Northampton, Cambridge, and Dundee, Scotland. If this...
Trouble was that the barbers and bakers were fair game for tipsters and touters. When rumors went around that the Italo-Suisse company planned to build a pipeline from Genoa to Switzerland, its shares zipped from $138 to $229 in a few days. Last week they worried off to $176. Last fortnight the most aggressive tipster service. I.F.A.S.. rode up the stock of Motor Colombus by 10% in a single day simply by reporting-with no fact or explanation-that it would jump sensationally. Last week the stock lost half its 10% gain, and at least one other hard...