Word: junior
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Asia will be the subject of two programs tonight, when a Ford Foundation film on village development in India is shown in New Lecture Hall and John Carter Vincent, former Ambassador to China, speaks in Kirkland House Junior Common Room. Both events begin...
...original group of Junior Fellows, he went on to serve as a civilian in Army intelligence during the war. There, his liberal politics stirred up official antagonism. As a civilian, he had commanded a number of Army officers, but when the Army finally drafted him, he was ranked as a private. Disturbed by the sight of a private bossing officers, his superiors ordered him to wear civilian clothes. Schlesinger apparently enjoys joking about the incident; his friends, however, feel the rank of private was grossly unjust and suggest that humor masks his real embarrassment...
...Desserts. As Parris Island drill instructors go, McKeon had been gentle with the clumsy, eager boots of Platoon 71, whom he supervised as junior D.I. under saltier, tougher-talking Staff Sergeant E. H. Huff. It was McKeon's first platoon after graduation from drill instructors' school, and he aimed to make it the honor outfit of the famed Parris Island boot camp. He encouraged the lads when they shot low scores on the rifle range ("Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it"); he patiently repeated his drill instructions until even the dullest could...
...JUNIOR JETLINERS will touch off a hot new sales race among planemakers. After Convair's announcement of its 600 m.p.h. Skylark (TIME, March 12), both Boeing (with a scaled-down 707) and Douglas (with a DC-9) are planning to build jetliners to carry 50 to 90 passengers on hops as short as 300 miles. Estimated price: around $3,000,000 per plane, or some $1,500,000 cheaper than the long-range jets already on order...
...beard, space shoes, Lambretta, cigarette lighter, or scarf is needed for admission to Poet's Theatre's current offering, The Compromise, which even your Bradford Junior or Wellesley girl will understand. 8:30 p.m. today...