Word: impressive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...session ended with McCarthy deciding he did not have time to deliver his "handmaiden" speech. The Wisconsin Senator's decision pointed up the fact that he was not really trying to impress the Senate, but to grab the headlines and stir dissension. Leaving the Senate floor that afternoon, McCarthy Lawyer Edward Williams was asked by a newsman: "Ed, your boy sure isn't trying to win friends and influence people, is he?" Replied Williams, wearily: "That's one book Joe didn't write...
Referee's Elbow. For a couple of minutes in the last round, the Kid came to life. But it was too late to impress the judges. Later, in his dressing room, Gavilan really turned it on. He bawled, bellowed for justice and retired from the ring in rapid succession. To hear the Kid tell it, Referee Pete Pantaleo massaged him in the clinches with a bony elbow; Blinky Palermo polished him off just by being there. "I give boxing back to Philadelphia," wailed...
...those 265 acres in Jamaica Plain. The Association sees only the collapse of an identifiable unit, the disappearance of a unique institution among the folds of the Harvard empire. It is on his point that the question of whom is benefit ted seems to turn. And the petitioners must impress the court with their view, for without it, they cannot even begin to make out a case of improper motive against the Corporation...
...term billing system is further objectionable because it allows students to masquerade as philanthropists, while unsuspecting parents pay the bills. This is a good way to satisfy solicitors without giving them cash, to impress them with one's generosity, and to forget the obligation completely. According to the plan which the Combined Charities committee is presently advocating, these careless pledges would be charged on term bills as "Coupon books," used ordinarily to buy extra meals. Certainly, a plan which in the past has foisted student generosity on parents is bad enough, without further disguising donations as midnight snacks...
...professional Harvardman will often pick the University's most esoteric-sounding courses, like Chinese 10, Semitic A, and Slavic 145, just to impress his friends and the people back home. His more realistic brethren usually seek a gut for a fourth course. But to most--those for whom the catalog's offering seems to grow vast as the time remaining in college becomes less and less--the choice of a fourth course is a decision worth a little time and effort...