Word: isn
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...machine politician's dream," claims incumbent Thomas M. McNamara, an independent. "You have CCA which is a machine, isn't it?" McNamara admits that he has always "been opposed to the whole process"--Plan E and PR. "I'd rather have it under the old mayor and the old system," he says...
Mayor Joseph A. DeGuglielmo, CAA endorsed, isn't worried about the "threat" to PR. "I don't think PR makes that much difference to Cambridge," he opines. "Under a plurality system I'll get my bulk vote and combine with other strong candidates and we'll have what constitutes a machine. If that's what the voters want--hooray...
...they strike up friendships among the other students. But when, thanks to specialized and often individualized teaching techniques, they begin to overcome their handicap, they must be taught not to withdraw into their own society. "I keep telling them that this is a hothouse setup," says Hood, "that it isn't quite normal. Every chance I get, I take them with me to the cleaner's, the market or a restaurant. Then, with the security of the school behind them, they begin to cope with the world outside...
...gentleman friend of mine who works for your paper, hasn't been around to see me much lately. Each time I track him down, his sleepy eyes and unshaven jewls tell me better than any words could that he just isn't taking care of himself. He keeps saying that he's in some sort of back-biting contest . . . . he calls it EXECCOMP, which I suppose is a letter abbreviation like UNRRA or CIO or something...
...manager went off to the station with the bail. The lieutenant returned to the busses. "This isn't going to happen again," he warned. "Or else you're all going to be locked up and you'll miss your crumby game." The manager and the representative band members returned to the busses. The worried drivers resumed their places. The motors churned, and the busses finally drove away...