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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Much of New York City's myriad welfare and charity work is streamlined by a body known as the Welfare and Health Council. Of the 391 agencies represented on the council, 53 are affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. Last week all 53 of the Catholic agencies were planning to pull out. Reason for the secession: birth control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Missionary Who Lied | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

...After myriad rumors over the past few months about mergers of local the theatrical organizations, the Harvard Theatre Group yesterday revealed it had disbanded and that its non-graduating members would join the Harvard Dramatic Club...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lukas, | Title: HTG Votes to Disband; Members to Join HDC | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

Actual research covers myriad fields. It ranges from work on air filtration sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission, to highway safety studies and improved methods of transportation, and back to research in the calcium requirements of Americans. Causes of overweight are being investigated side-by-side with dangers from alcohol...

Author: By Steven C. Swett, | Title: Public Health --- The World's Welfare | 4/24/1953 | See Source »

...future, he hopes to attend the Business School and continue competing on an amateur level so as to be eligible for the 1956 Olympics. If this fails, he can fall back on the myriad of coaching jobs offered him in the last few years. These include posts at Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs, the University of Virginia, and a tentative overture from Penn State...

Author: By Walter W. Bregman, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/24/1953 | See Source »

...from University Hall where IBM machines have naively arranged for an eight-day reading period. It can be felt along the river among the Houses, particuarly between the afternoon hours of one to four, and it pervades the streets, adorned periodically as they are with flapping tags attached to myriad windshield wipers. Yes, Cambridge alone might justify the babe's symbolism, but his traces are found elsewhere...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happy New Year | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

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