Word: listening
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Listen to some of them: honesty is the best policy; a man is known by the company he keeps; he that goes aborrowing, goes asorrowing; a penny saved is a penny earned; birds of a feather flock together ; I would rather be right than President. Where do we stand today-where does our Government stand when measured alongside the moral principles-the sacred honor-of our founders...
...Social Welfare Council of the Oranges and Maplewood, N.J. finally got the lowdown on how teen-agers spend their leisure time: 81% watch TV 11.3 hours a week; 77.6% listen to the radio 9.7 hours a week; 47.5% spend about 8.2 hours on dates; 83.8 spend 9.2 hours on homework; 61% spend 4.4 hours talking on the telephone; 46.3% spend 8 hours doing nothing...
Windowless Walls. Though most of the kudos for the overall slab design must go to Corbusier, the panel credits Harrison with translating the basic ideas into blueprints. The final decisions were also his, as chief planner. Most of the time he would sit back, listen to the arguments, then advance his own practical solutions. When the group was satisfied that it had sketched out a workable U.N. workshop, it was time to think about "making a monument." Part of the solution was to sheath the two ends of the Secretariat in unbroken, windowless walls of marble. But even here, Harrison...
...From his office on the second floor of the state capitol in Lansing, Governor Williams runs Michigan with a fine air of democracy and honest folksiness. His office door is never closed, and newsmen are privileged to wander in & out of his "goldfish bowl" (as he calls it); they listen in on state conferences. Soapy detests pomp and formality, sends his three youngsters to Lansing public schools. He lives well within his $22,500-a-year salary: there is only one maid to help Nancy run their rambling old house eight blocks from the capitol (Michigan does not provide...
...either the high authorities didn't listen at first, or the pressure was slow in building up, because the middle of the summer is indeed, a most unusual time to switch Hermans. The feeling is, that after school ended, Hickman was asked by the Powers to ease up on the T.V. When he refused, the Blues got together, and started writing his 'resignation' announcement, holding its release only until the opportunity when it would least hurt Yale--and Herman. It is still uncertain who brought in the cigars, the College or the Coach...