Word: obtaining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Voted that this Corporation highly approves of so virtuous and laudable a measure: and that ... such conduct merits & will obtain the approbation and applause of every well wisher to the reputation of the University...
...dues could bring the biddies back, dues would be an easy matter to obtain. Nothing, however, will bring the biddies back, and the substitutions thoughtfully provided by various House committees are not really worthy of the same loyalty, financial or otherwise. Nevertheless, these "extras" have become so much a part of the System that it seems unfair to support them with voluntary dues. More than unfair, it is gradually becoming difficult and embarassing...
Reorganization will include expansion of the present staff and formation of "auxiliary contributors," who will be Radcliffe students and alumnae. The News also plans to obtain advisory assistance from professional writers in the Cambridge area...
...indictments for corruption. One well-documented case revolved around Rojas' intervention to clear one of his cronies who was caught smuggling cattle into the country. The others were straight from bank and government records: that Rojas and his friends, with only a hint of collateral, used influence to obtain $4,286,170 in loans; that the Rojas family land company, starting with nothing but paper capital, pulled off a $148,000 profit within five months-and never paid a penny in taxes...
...explained that "there is no rush to solicit these people because they don't have to get parents' consent." The PBH Committee and Cambridge Red Cross must write to the parents of each student under 21 years of age to obtain permission for donation...