Word: height
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...height couldn't possibly be fitted with ready-made clothes so he had no choice but to patronize the tailors in the Square. It was when he had returned to Boston, after his service in France, and was trying to get located in some position where writing was an essential, that he received a letter from a Cambridge collection agency demanding payment for two suits, made by one of the college tailors. He turned the letter over to me. I had just started law school but I knew the answer to that one. I immediately sent the agency...
...City. But the trial revealed that responsible and otherwise rational men were willing to attribute both powers and motives to the junior senator from Wisconsin that might make Satan himself a little envious. Nor was the phobia confined to the self-appointed guardians of the liberal tradition. At the height of McCarthy's influence in 1954, articulate members of both parties seemed convinced that the Republic had not been in greater danger since the colors came down at Fort Sumter...
...Bruins, handicapped by a lack of height, have a record of four wins and ten losses, and are 0 for 5 in the Ivy League. One of the wins, however, came against Tufts, a team that upset the varsity in December...
...Crimson has good potential. The squad has successfully combined height and speed in its games this year. Captain George Harrington, a 5 foot 7 inch guard, has been the standout player...
August 1954: Senate, at height of battle over McCarthy censure, votes contempt citations against both Furry and Kamin...