Word: j
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fired? In Salt Lake City, Mayor Adiel F. Stewart abruptly halted a flowery speech observing the retirement of Fire Chief J. K. Piercey when the chief nudged him, said, "There's some mistake. I'm not retiring...
...Nervous Set (book by Jay Landesman and Theodore J. Flicker; music by Tommy Wolf; lyrics by Fran Landesman) is a wry and indulgent spoof of the Beat Generation. The mood is mock-nihilistic. Instead of Waiting for Lefty, the hipsters of the '50s are waiting for Junkie (the dope peddler); in place of the prewar pacifism of Bury the Dead, the postwar passive-ists Dig the Bird (the late Saxophonist Charlie Parker). And, of course, boy meets girl...
...Greater New York Hospital Association rejected Mayor Robert F. Wagner's suggestion that both sides submit their case to an impartial fact-finding commission. On strike's eve, the six hospitals got court orders to head it off, but the orders were ineffective because Local President Leon J. Davis, once an apostle of left-wing causes, went into hiding to avoid service...
Pierre Claude Hohenberg 2G has been awarded the $300 David J. Robbins prize to provide "the means for cultural activities and recreation," and Peter Bain Kenen has received the $500 David A. Wells award for his thesis...
...first degree conferred went to the oldest University in the western world, the University of Bologna, founded in 1000. In the words of Dr. Rene J. Dubos, "The historical role of Bologna is not limited to having shaped our institutions of higher learning. This most ancient of all universities has also contributed richly and continuously to the history of thought and knowledge...