Word: half
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...major factor in what Lubell called "a strong but uneven Democratic tide." Strangely, Lubell found young voters far more edgy about recession than oldsters who best remembered the Great Depression. The striking result: "Of the Eisenhower voters who are under 35 years of age whom I interviewed, nearly half said they intended to vote Democratic this fall." The reason: "Overburdened with debt for new homes and autos as many of the younger workers were, and with little seniority to hold their jobs, they have been perhaps the one element in the population hit hardest by the economic downturn...
Because Bobby's blood made a stain on the soft green wall-to-wall carpet, Diana dashed into his bedroom for a quilt to cover his body. Then, rifle loaded for the next shot of planned mercy, she sat down and waited until her mother drove up half an hour later and started up the walk. "I saw then that there was no way I could shoot her without her seeing me, and I didn't want her to see me shoot her, so I yelled at her not to come in the house. I didn...
...metal spheres gleaming in the daytime and flashing tiny lights at night, the Atomium dominates the Fair. The architecture, too, smacks of modernity and the future. One building looks like a great stone bird; another has a corrugated wall; the roof of the United Nations exhibit hall is a half-sphere. A few of the national pavilions deviate from the functional scheme--Thailand has a charming gilded pagoda; Italy a stucco villa. But for the most part, all the catchwords of the 20th century can describe the Fair--futuristic, atomic-age, electronic, Cinemascopic...
Implementation of the "new curriculum," which the Committee on Educational Policy and the Faculty approved last spring, is now well under way. Most departments in the social sciences and humanities have initiated honors junior tutorial for credit. Almost half the concentrators in the non-science areas are thus taking junior tutorial as a full course...
...halfback line seems set with junior Bill Rapp starting at center half, while Charlie Steele and Marsh McCall will open on the wings. Bill Driver, who looked very well on Thursday, will also see extensive service. Captain Floyd Moloy and Lanny Keyes will start at fullbacks, and Tom Bagnoli in goal...