Word: paid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Beyond all the charges and countercharges that rocked television, there was evidence of real concern for the corruption of a major communications medium. The Christian Science Monitor's call for a government-established network, run like the BBC by a "public corporation" and paid for by the licensing of TV receivers, seemed a logical solution to some. Last week Pundit Walter Lippmann advanced a similar idea for a new network dedicated not to private profit but to public service...
Leadership of the new movement at Harvard has been vested in two outstanding men, Geary and Stein. Geary has paid particular attention to the reconstruction of Boylston Hall, especially the language laboratory. He often wanders through the unfinished building, checking equipment, making sure the lab is operating correctly, and acting as a sort of overseer for the project. The laboratory, his main interest, has received much of his attention...
During the day, efforts were made to show the Russians as much of Cambridge and Boston as possible, and this included the obligatory visits to the John Hancock Building, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Boston Commons, Widener Library and the Yard, etc. In addition, smaller groups paid visits to hospitals, a reform school, Newton High School, and a Polaroid-Land factory...
...rest of this year, the project will continue on at least two levels. A random sample of 100 members of the Class of 1963 will undergo additional testing; they will be paid for voluntary work this year. As a second program, Dr. Bidwell is interviewing 70 students--20 seniors and juniors, 50 sophomores and freshmen--on an intensive basis...
...last week Artist Mabe had paid off the last of his old farm debts, and packed his bags for Paris. "I've given my brother-in-law the tie business," he said happily. "I'm a painter now, a real painter...