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Word: objectionable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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On Wednesday, Dogherty criticized the present Council as "composed of members. . . whose main object is to use Council membership to push personal political endeavors." The proposed inter-House committee, Dogherty feels, would eliminate this objection to a great degree.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Petitioners Seek Replacement For Student Council | 10/31/1958 | See Source »

It is not a question of legality, but of the cynical spirit in which the members of the organization perverted its purpose. Since controlling powers, in this case the Student Council and the Faculty Committee on Student Affairs, cannot legislate morality, an important factor in avoiding repetition of such actions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Study Group and the Soapbox | 10/27/1958 | See Source »

The primary objection to concentration in theater is that it is direct and overt training for a profession, exactly analogous in this respect to a major in journalism or physical education. Harvard has never encouraged narrow preparation for law or medicine and it should not do so for the stage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "OBSESSIVE PURSUIT" | 10/10/1958 | See Source »

The tip-off that Reuther would give in came when Ford proposed a three-year agreement. Reuther raised no real objection, even though this key Ford demand had been flatly turned down for months. From then on, differences were quickly settled. The problem was to find enough high-sounding but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Peace at a Sound Price | 9/29/1958 | See Source »

Jordan's King Hussein, said Hammarskjold, agreed to accept an ambassador as the U.N.'s "presence" in Amman, provided others were named for Cairo and Baghdad, too. Nasser had no objection to one in Amman, but to accept one in Cairo would be an admission that Nasser was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Lack of Presence | 9/22/1958 | See Source »

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