Word: givings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...greatest steps in the broadening of awards came after the turn of the present century when Harvard started to give full recognition for artistic achievement, especially in the realm of fiction. During the nineteenth century, doctorates accorded Whittier or Richard Henry Dana, for example, did not cite their literary merit as much as their work in the Harvard community. The commemoration of the vital role of the artist in society had to await the institution of the proper degrees...
...management negotiations in the steel industry. As long as management is free to set its own prices, why should they bother to do anything else than follow the time-honored pattern of putting up a noisy but purely token fight? All they need do is haggle awhile and then give in. It is the public's money that they are bargaining with...
...deposits grew, Lewis helped his bank find better ways to put the money to use. Bankers give him much of the credit for a new New York State banking law passed in 1950 that enabled savings banks to invest part of their assets in stocks. He was the first president of New York's Institutional Investors Mutual Fund, an open-end stock fund for mutual savings banks that now has assets of $46 million. With it all, he was an easy man to work for: friendly, outgoing, a delegator of responsibility who enjoyed calling his staff "my family." Says...
...realiably reported that Joseph Alsop, even as a freshman at Harvard, used to hold sessions in which upperclassmen would come to hear him pontificate. He has been at it so long now that his message has grown stale from overuse and over-stylization. It is well-nigh impossible to give this prophet and his brother the respect which--despite their book--is certainly their...
Following in the footsteps of the Donald R. Browns of Comstock, the Bevingtons will inevitably be the subject of comparisons with their next-door neighbors. The newcomers give every indication of measuring up favorably to their well-liked predecessors, and indeed there are many similarities between the two couples...