Word: mottoes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most flavorsome alterations between the University and somebody in the State House occurred June 1883, when the Board of Overseers voted 15 to 12 not to grant Governor Benjamin Butler an honorary degree because his character was not consistent with the motto "Verities." In so doing, the Board of Overseers had overruled the recommendations of President Eliot and the Corporation, who foresaw the unpleasant political implications of breaking the custom of giving the governor an honorary...
...continued expansion of American business is probably today's most important news story outside of the Cold War. It is also the special concern of TIME's Business & Finance department, whose motto, if it had one, would undoubtedly be that anybody who wants to understand the U.S. should first understand U.S. business...
...kids are attracted by scoutlike slogans: "A Young Pioneer is always helpful, a Young Pioneer respects the people, a Young Pioneer fights for his homeland." Overall motto of the moppets is "Seid Bereit! [Be Prepared]." Their greeting consists of holding the hand (its five fingers represent the five continents) over the head, to indicate that the Junge Pionier puts the welfare of the world over...
...traveled 45,000 miles last year, selling the Post to the empire. The hustle & bustle pays off. Last year's gross: $12,000,000 (net: more than $1,000,000). To Ep Hoyt and the Post that is not good enough. They share the old Bonfils motto, still published daily: "There is no hope for the satisfied...
...There'll always be conflicts," is the motto of too many departments. But haphazard scheduling hurts everyone except the most loyal Benchleyites...