Word: mum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Accused of past Red ties by two ex-Communist tattlers, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, 49, Nobel Peace Prizewinner and now director of the U.N. Trusteeship Division, was given a clean political bill of health by the International Organizations Employees Loyalty Board. Keeping mum on the possibility of perjury charges which might be slapped on Bunche's accusers, the board announced, after a two-day closed hearing: "There is no doubt as to [his] loyalty...
...first time in 76 years, Yale's undergraduate Daily News decided not to print the names of the 90 juniors tapped for membership by the six top-prestige campus secret societies last week. The radio station, WYBC, also kept mum. Explained News Chairman Roger L. Stone, himself a junior: the news blackout was motivated by a "reorientation in values and a hope for lessening the prestige factor on campus...
Young, who has long argued that the road's earnings are large enough to give the common stockholders a share in the road, was mum last week on the new plan. But it was safe to bet that his Alleghany Corp. would oppose it. "Less than a toe hold" is hardly enough for the man who wants to sit at the throttle of Mopac...
...mixed blessings. He has a considerable political following (it has been estimated that he can deliver 50,000 votes), but the Chandler charges may cling to his coattails. In view of Bonelli's record and the Chandlers' power, most California politicians, of whatever affiliation, were understandably mum last week. Big Bill Bonelli was not. "Well, what the hell," he shrugged, "somebody has to have enough guts to kick a few sacred cows around here, or a man won't be able to brush his own teeth without getting the Chandlers' permission...
...play outside 'ere, there's a good girl. Dads and me'll be out in a shake.") In recent years, some enterprising pub keepers have provided waiting rooms to keep the kids out of the cold, but even these fail to make waiting for Mum and Dads a cheerful affair...