Word: membership
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only points the report makes concerning student governments are that they should be elected by the entire student body, not just by clubs or organizations, and that their membership should not be subject to administrative control except through academic eligibility requirements...
...savagely attacks Joe Clark, describing him as a "bubblegum candidate" whose membership in Americans for Democratic Action means involvement "in a powerful leftwing and underground activity." When he is accused of unfair tactics, Big Red merely snorts: "You can't hit Joe Clark below the belt because he is all belly and no head." Midnightly, Jim Duff can still be found shaking hands in hotel lobbies or sweating away on the next day's speeches, which he insists on writing himself...
...independence for those countries-but also as a sign of Khrushchev's inability to sell that liberalized policy to his Kremlin colleagues. It was given out that, although relations are improving (e.g., ousted Hungarian Premier Imre Nagy, who has Tito's backing, was reinstated to Communist Party membership last week), there were still many outstanding "ideological differences" between satellites Hungary. Rumania, Bulgaria and independent Yugoslavia...
...CREDIT CARD is being pushed by American Hotel Association to combat other pay-later systems, notably the 300,000-member Diners' Club, which charges hotels and restaurants 7 % of the user's bill. Association's "Universal Trav-elcard" costs the same as Diners' Club membership ($5 a year), is recognized by 6,000 of U.S. hotels, the major car-rental chains and some theaters for charging bills, cashing personal checks...
...hearing was part of the yearly wrangle over whether membership in the organization is worth the money required. The Council voted two weeks ago to appropriate the funds in what was called an "apathetic" vote. A motion to reconsider was defeated at last week's meeting...