Word: hand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...serious a message as he has ever delivered. "In my public service," said he, "I have found myself increasingly involved with problems and policies affected by the growth* and impact of science and technology-[now] the cornerstones of American security and American welfare." In short, the day is at hand when U.S. science and the U.S. Government have firmly joined hands to plot the nation's future...
...science is necessary to the preservation of freedom, he pointed out, freedom is necessary to the overall advancement of science. "It is in this strong conviction that I particularly stress the freedom of the scholar and the researcher." On the other hand, the scientific specialist must "understand that his first responsibility to himself and to his country is to be a good citizen. Above all he must comprehend how his own work fits in effectively in promoting the national welfare...
...convention of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in Miami, Massachusetts' Presidential Aspirant John Kennedy got a big hand and a pat on the back when he explained that his legislation was "the best bill we could get by the U.S. Senate." Said I.L.G.W.U. Boss Dave Dubinsky, in an introduction that all but stitched the I.L.G.W.U. label on Democrat Kennedy: "There has been considerable talk in informed circles about the possibilities of his holding the highest post in the nation ... If this should happen, we will have a better America and better legislation for the working people...
...politics, turned vote-hunting into a boyhood sport, factional throat-cutting into a party game that everybody enjoys. For the past quarter-century, two tough Democratic leaders have led their rival factions through a war that has engaged courthouse politicians in 120 counties. Last week, stalking each other behind hand-picked slates of candidates for state offices, the scarred chieftains were grappling toward a major test of power in the May 26 primary...
...Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is for so many undergraduates "the place that has the glass flowers." Actually, though, the Peabody doesn't own them at all. Peabody occupies the left hand corner of the red-brick complex that forms the University Museum. The University Museum also contains the Biological Museum also contains the Biological Museum, the Museum of Comparative Zoology and the Minerological Museum, and this has caused all the confusion. It is the Biological Museum that owns the glass flowers...