Word: greatest
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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...
...achieve his goals will require every one of Charlie Halleck's gut-fighting talents. "Once you are in a war," he says, "the only thing to do is win it." To Indiana Republican Halleck, after his years of frustration, politics is the greatest, toughest war of all. He intends...
...funeral of John Foster Dulles was a hero's tribute, the first in the nation's history to be designated by the President as an "official" funeral. Gathered at Arlington National Cemetery was the greatest assemblage of foreign statesmen and diplomats ever to attend the burial of a U.S. citizen...
...gathering of the statesmen was movingly symbolic of what John Foster Dulles had become in the eyes of the world: not only the Secretary of State of the world's greatest power, but a champion and spokesman of the entire free world in its struggle with Communism, and a warrior for peace and freedom...
...cash into Treasury notes as a defensive measure. In that year, Dwight Robinson was rewarded for his work by being moved up to trustee. In 1954, when Merrill Griswold moved up to honorary chairman of the advisory board, Robinson slipped into his chair to guide M.I.T. through its greatest period of growth. In four years the fund has nearly doubled in size...