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Word: maining (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fired for two main reasons: 1) I would not collaborate with the State Un-American Activities Committee, but resisted what I considered to be their improper drive against the foundation of our democracy-civil rights ... 2) as a citizen and social psychologist I have exercised my right to petition, meet, speak, and join with organizations having legitimate aims I support; and I have been undistracted by their being called "Communist fronts" by those who oppose . . . such organizations as Consumer's Union, Spanish Refugee Appeal, and the Progressive Party. Hardly a "penalty for secrecy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 21, 1949 | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

...committee gave him a five to four vote of no confidence on the basis of two main charges presented by Harold S. Spear '48. The charges were...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lally Impeached By Inter - House Dance Committee | 2/18/1949 | See Source »

Also Ran. In Jacksonport, Wis., Oscar Scott got around to paying an election bet by pushing Mrs. H. B. Mogenson down Main Street in a wheelbarrow, was promptly given a ticket for operating a public conveyance without a license...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 14, 1949 | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...voice that one of its admirers once described as having "the virility of a goat and the delicacy of a flower petal." They sat patiently on the huge, circular dance floor through the preliminary stuff-Ike Carpenter's band, the Bobby True Trio, but when the main event came on they howled with delight. And when 35-year-old, toupee-topped Crooner Frankie Laine finally let them have what they wanted -his bobbing, bouncing Rosetta and By the River Sainte Marie-they were on their feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Feels Good That Way | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...main distinction of Harvard's brand of GE is that "students are still allowed great freedom of choice," and the program makes provision for exceptions to the requirements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GE Committee Submits New 'Guided Distribution' Plan to Faculty Today | 2/8/1949 | See Source »

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