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...faculty committee, Butterworth and Phillips finally admitted party membership. The committee decided that was not cause for dismissal. The committee also cleared the three who had admitted to onetime membership. But Professor-Gundlach, who still would not say yea or nay, was another matter entirely. The committee recommended he be dismissed for his very evasiveness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Penalty for Secrecy | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

...Europe, Asia, Africa, to outposts in North and South America, and on islands across the seven seas--yet, at home, kept up the highest standard of living the world has ever known? The United States system, as it has been and still is, needs make no apologies to nay other...

Author: By Joel Raphaelson, | Title: Off The Cuff | 1/25/1949 | See Source »

According to Dean Kerby-Miller, the Administrative Board feels nay the present system of separate examinations involves educational disadvantages to Radcliffe students. She noted that professors with combined classes could not be present at the beginning of the tests to clarify instructions and answers about test material. "This is an important consideration in a matter as important as an examination," she said. "The time lost could mean a significant difference in a student's grade...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Dean Kerby-Miller, Joan Braverman Discuss Joint Exams | 11/19/1948 | See Source »

...voting record on the question was recalled in the Senate debate; on a wartime amendment to exempt servicemen from poll tax, Senator Truman voted "Nay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Wide of the Mark | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

...platform Sigler had grabbed a telephone and was talking to Vandenberg, getting the final word to jump. Other coalition bosses looked for California's Bill Knowland, who in all conscience should also be given the chance to say aye or nay. But Knowland could not be found. Then the chair announced the count, which formally closed the second ballot. It was too late to make any changes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: How He Did It | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

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