Word: mentioned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...best arguments for emancipating women from the archaic system, said handsome Prime Minister Nehru, are Indian women themselves. "I am proud of their beauty, grace, charm, modesty, shyness, intelligence and spirit of sacrifice," he said. And, though he did not mention his sister (India's High Commissioner in London) by name, he went on: "Every woman who has been sent abroad has brought credit to India." India's half-dozen women M.P.s cheered...
...Reporter Lewis wrote a five-part series on Chasanow's troubles, stirred up so much interest that the Navy reviewed the case, cleared Chasanow. The series won Tony Lewis the $500 annual American Newspaper Guild Heywood Broun Award for enterprising reporting. One of the honorable-mention winners for the same prize: Veteran (20 years) Reporter James B. ("Scotty") Reston, now chief of the Times's Washington bureau...
Alexander Gelley '55 of Adams House received Honorable Mention for his essay, "The Perfect Ceremony of Shakespeare's Sonnets...
There are several others, I think, who deserve special mention. All of the choruses were excellent, following their cues with firecracker timing. The backdrops by John Ratte were strikingly fresh, as was the short but effective appearance of Dorothea Schmidt. The frequent dances of Carol Corby and Patricia Leathem were not frequent enough, and although Gondoliers warrants a trip to Winthrop House, the presence of the two young ladies should be a final clincher...
...Yuma, Ariz., discovering that he would have to shut down radio station KOLD for an hour to install new equipment, enterprising Station Owner Jim Hawthorne promptly sold the hour to a sponsor for $365 (plus a five-second mention at noon every day for a year), plugged it as "an innovation in broadcasting-one hour of absolute silence brought to this audience by Smith Mattress & Upholstery...