Word: familiarization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...California, the situation is strikingly similar to that in Minnesota. Practically all of the party organization leaders are for Stevenson. Already Kefauver's familiar charge of bossism is beginning to sting. As in Minnesota. Kefauver appeared to be building strong support. Said Los Angeles Attorney Claude E. Young, treasurer of the Kefauver State Committee...
...Familiar Problems. Few if any other U.S. diplomats had ever faced an ordeal like Angus Ward's. He had spent nearly a month on a bread-and-hot-water diet, two weeks of it in semi-freezing solitary confinement, and throughout had stubbornly refused to give the Reds a "confession." Ironically enough, this very nearly ruined his career. Irritated by the controversial publicity he had received, Foreign Service brass was inclined to regard Ward as a nuisance, and in September 1950 he was named consul general in Nairobi, a job that made little use of his peculiar qualifications...
Strong motivation for the spirit is provided by Master John H. Finley, Jr. '25 and Senior Tutor John J. Conway, two men whose wholly different characters complement each other perfectly. Finley is renowned for the speed with which he becomes familiar with everyone in the House, for his ebullient personality, and for his enthusiasm and interest. This combination of characteristics serves to solidify an otherwise loosely-tied group...
...skaters, too, finished in familiar order. Just as he had at the Olympics, the world championships, and three previous competitions for the U.S. title, Colorado's Hayes Alan Jenkins put on a performance that dazzled the judges and earned him a winning 1,694.33 points. Close behind (with 1,674.09) was the perennial runner-up, California's Ronnie Robertson. Third, as he had been all year: Hayes Jenkins' younger brother, David, with...
...million-dollar "pops" that feed the gluttony of the nation's 550,000 jukeboxes, slip through the hands of its several thousand disk jockeys, and shake the walls of dormitories and rumpus rooms are written for the most part by little-known men. They are more familiar to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Income Tax Division, than to the public...