Word: idealisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the American Friends Service Committee offered him its secretaryship in 1929, Pickett saw it as an ideal opportunity to put into practice the principles he had been teaching. The twelve-year-old organization then had an annual budget of about $50,000 and a staff of twelve, including the janitor. Today the staff of 492 works with a budget of $3,000,000 (the peak...
...admitted that in an "ideal situation" his Committee would do well to Cheek on doubtful donations but that he had not the manpower...
Times domestic and foreign coverage has also sometimes fallen short of what Times readers have a right to expect because of the Times ideal of "objectivity" (which many Timesmen realize to be unattainable if it is an ideal in the first place). The Times has long liked to feel that if it gives both sides of a question, or at least two versions, it has done its journalistic job. Sometimes this brings nothing but confusion to the reader, sometimes gives a completely wrong impression. In its tradition of "factual" journalism, the Times policy has been to print newsworthy statements...
When the moment arrives for the applause-seeking type to leave, the clapping bursts forth loudly in recognition of the dramatic last lecture. The ovation continues while the instructor drinks a glass of water and slowly searches for his hat. Winter is the ideal time for this type, for he can also fumble with his coat as the ovation goes on. But in Spring he must revert to the device of wishing the class good luck on the final exam, then stopping back to allow the applause to burst forth anew...
...began putting more and more commercials on the air, though all of a "quality" variety. The Corporation discovered, however, that the more commercials there were the lower the Hooper rating sank. In order to hold its audience it initiated programs known as the endowment series which were esthetically ideal but economically suicidal. This series featured extra long classical pieces throughout the afternoon with space in between them for premium spot commercials costing $25 to $35 a spot. But no store ever bought time at these prices, and the Templetone Radio Corporation was forced to give the station...