Word: membership
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Student guides will receive salaries from the College and membership in the society, a sub-committee of the Student Council...
William Dean '59 yesterday resigned his directorship of the Combined Charities Drive, his membership on the Student Council, and his post as treasurer of the Harvard Young Democratic Club...
There were issues galore to orate about-Algeria, Cyprus, Kashmir, Syria, South Africa, Red China's membership, Palestine refugees, Hungary's aftermath, disarmament. The words would be many and searing, but the professionals on hand hoped that little action would be required. Even India, which sometimes seems to be rocking the boat for the sheer pleasure of making waves, was said to be in a mood to sit still because of its urgent need for economic help from abroad...
...Charles Malik withdrew from what had been a hotly contested race for the Assembly presidency, and New Zealand's Sir Leslie Munro was swept into office by a vote of 77 to 1. The Steering Committee accepted a U.S. proposal to put aside Red China's perennial membership bid. The committee rejected a Greek request to debate British "atrocities" in Cyprus, settling for a less controversial listing: "The Cyprus Question." Even Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, with his mechanical repetition of familiar Russian themes, surprised the U.S. delegation by his relatively moderate tone, as Soviet polemics...
...made Murrow one of radio's legends. In New York, CBS staffers formed a Murrow-Ain't-God Club so they could view him with proper detachment. (When Murrow got wind of it, he demanded charter membership.) His vivid picture of Londoners under fire stirred the heart of the U.S., stands as one of the war's memorable reporting jobs...