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Even while election-night returns were rolling in, New Orleans wondered what the political future might hold for its energetic mayor. Under a new 1954 charter pushed by Morrison himself, Morrison's fourth term will be his last. He is anxious to progress in politics, will at midterm in 1960 have two opportunities to make headway: he can oppose the gubernatorial candidate put up by outgoing Governor Earl Long, or he can go after the seat held by Louisiana's powerful U.S. Senate Veteran (21 years) Allen J. Ellender. Best guess was that Morrison would...
...university was in midterm recess, and the government had ordered the campus ringed by 300 police and cavalry as a "security measure." But some 600 students defiantly rallied to give departing Professor Kubali an ovation, carried him on their shoulders to his car despite his urging that they disperse. In Istanbul on a Ford Foundation project, Columbia University Law Professor Emeritus Elliott Cheatham urged the U.S. ambassador to intervene on Kubali's behalf because "I am sure Professor Kubali's attendance at the Conference on the Rule of Law at the University of Chicago last year strengthened...
Dean Thomas P. Brockway says, "There is no doubt that there are students here who are working in one or more of their courses because they want a favorable report at midterm and termend. But I should say that these reports can be ends in themselves to a much lesser degree than the old A, B, C, or 70% and better or worse...
...need a ride anywhere, call the Council and we shall try to place you and save you many extra dollars in travelling expenses. We are here all year round and will be especially prepared for the Christmas, Thanksgiving, Midterm, and Easter vacations...
...Stooge. Nevertheless, in 1951, when he was first appointed FRB chairman by Harry Truman, succeeding Thomas (Scot-tissue) McCabe, who resigned in midterm, Martin had a hard time convincing fellow Democrats at Senate confirmation hearings that he would not allow the FRB to be dominated by his longtime friend John Snyder. Martin's clincher: "I'm not going to be a stooge for Snyder. I have too much respect...