Word: movement
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Attempting to explain the role of the student organization and answer criticisms of it, Johnson spoke at great length about "the national student movement" NSA, he said, "acts on behalf of the students in protecting their interest where it is challenged...
...found solace, as he sank, in parlor games, ventriloquism, a pretty shrew of a wife, his art, and the bottle. He turned restlessly to science. He patented a preservative for ships' timbers and a system for heating houses, developed a "new theory of the universe" which attributed the movement of astral bodies in space to electrical attractions and repulsions. He was an immensely likable lush, and a wizard at the easel. But his pictures never sold well. They lacked extravagance and high polish; for all but the quietest of dining rooms they spoke too softly of small delights...
...Animal Science Professor Frederick N. Andrews: "Pigs do not wallow in mud because they like to be dirty. They wallow in mud because they have no sweat glands to keep them cool." With daily or even hourly shower baths, meticulous regulation of the temperature, humidity and even the air movement around them for each day of their lives, Purdue's hogs grow on less feed, gain 1¾ Ibs. per day, compared to 1½ Ibs. for hogs forced to put up with natural weather...
...first half of the program consisted of Hindemith's Symphony in E-flat, composed in 1930. This is a turgid, tense work, and it received a rather turgid, tense performance. There were some passages of technical finesse and sparkle, particularly the wind sections of the last movement; but most of it was pretty dogged. Aside from some intonation problems, the notes were faithfully gone through, showing effort but very little imagination; as a result, the big, well-scored passages sounded good, the small, thin sections were dull...
...control the one and a half million man Teamsters--far more important, it may be the last chance to do something about corruption within organized labor before the conservative advocates of strong legislation convince the nation that what is needed is vigorous legislation to control the entire labor movement. Whether is follows the lead of the administration or that of Senator Kennedy, labor faces more than a challenge: it has a chance to avert a crisis which will become progressively more serious unless remedial action is taken...