Word: membership
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Itzig claimed "It's a shame that membership in the NSA hasn't worked out well for Harvard in the past few years." Previously, the school had played a large part in the organization, but now there is apathy in the student body, he concluded, and something ought to be done to encourage interest in the organization...
Each team will debate four rounds on the topic, "Resolved: That membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment should be illegal...
Farrell was presented with an honorary membership in the Varsity Club last Friday night at a dinner given in his honor. "Harvard owes me nothing," he said to the gathering. "I have been exceptionally lucky." In his speech, the retiring manager paid special respects to former athletes who lost their lives in World...
...operation and the Mormons' dozens of other bustling business ventures − including a Hawaiian sugar plantation, cattle ranches in western Canada, two insurance companies and 72 buildings in downtown Salt Lake City −reflect the strong tradition of communal ownership begun in Utah no years ago. The Mormons (membership: nearly 1,500,000) have been criticized for their church's intense participation in business. Mormon leaders reply that the church's earnings provide for its needy, and that by Mormon tradition large stores of supplies are kept in reserve in case of disaster...
...owners of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, outvoted the forces of Millionaire Canadian Contractor Joseph Tomlinson, Loew's biggest (5%) and unhappiest stockholder. By 3,449,446 ballots to 519,435, shareholders gave President Joseph R. Vogel a solid grip on his board of directors by increasing its membership from 13 to 19. Then they voted in nine management nominees to fill ten empty seats (including four recent resignations). The tenth seat fell to the management's critics, who put all their cumulative votes behind Veteran Movie Executive Sam Briskin, 60, onetime production chief for Columbia and RKO. Final...