Word: membered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thing, Matthews was a loyal member of the party. He had helped draft the President's civil rights program, and at the Philadelphia convention he firmly whipped the Nebraska delegation back into line when some of its members wanted to desert Truman. The President, accepting Louis Johnson's man, sent his nomination to the Senate, on the same day he sent up the names of Gordon Gray, 39-year-old Assistant Secretary of the Army, to be Under Secretary of the Army, and California's easygoing Dan Kimball, to be promoted from Assistant to Under Secretary...
...identify the student. Iowa's Hickenlooper wanted to know why no loyalty check had been made of fellowship recipients. An answer of sorts came from Princeton's Dr. Henry DeWolf Smyth, up before the committee for confirmation as a $15,000-a-year member of AEC. "These men," said Dr. Smyth, "have no access to secret material." He thought that the best potential scientists had "an inquisitive turn of mind" and were "apt to be politically naive." He hoped that the "idea will not get abroad that the only people who can get AEC fellowships are complete conformists...
...constable more than 40 years ago. Young John Kenny became boss of the Second Ward. Then, a year ago, Hague had tossed him out because John was getting "too popular." Said Kenny frankly: "If Hague had not thrown me out, I probably would still be a member of the machine. I have to admit...
...first athletic awards handed out since before the war, the Rugby Club last week voted "full Colors" to 18 member of this year's team, and jayvee or half colors to 12 others. Full colors amount to a significant seal to be worn on the optional navy blue or crimson blazer...
...England Committee for the United Nations Economic, Social, and Cultural Organization sponsored speeches by Luther Evans, Librarian of Congress; Mildred McAfee Horton, retiring president of Wellesley College; Bart. J. Bok, Robert Wheeler Willson Professor of Aplied Astronomy and associate director of the Observatory; and Robert S. Smith 2G, member of the executive board of the United States delegation to UNESCO...