Word: pasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Among the various programs which have evolved, the most publicized, though not always the most successful, has been the parade of House visitors. In the past year these have included Robert Frost (Adams), T.S. Eliot (Eliot), Robert Oppenheimer (Lowell), Chester Bowles (Winthrop), to name only a few. But, even if a House manages to snare a "big name" in what Master Finley calls the "celebrity race," it has not necessarily scored an educational triumph. Under the pressure of crowded schedules, well-known writers and statesmen can not stay as long as they--or the Masters--would like. "It takes...
According to M. Stanley Livingston, Director of the Harvard-M.I.T. joint Cambridge Electron Accelerator, the magnificent scientific achievements of the past International Geophysical Year have failed miserably in the field of international public relations. The key lesson of the world-wide experiment--that in science as in politics, trade or health, cooperation is far better than competition--went largely unnoticed in the face of the propagandistic race for satellites...
There was speculation that the project might include a march down Pennsylvania Avenue past the White House...
...past," Henning noted, "some actors have complained that they gained nothing from working under a director who didn't know any more than they did." He asserted that a director such as Miss Clasz will impart qualities to the whole cast which they can then bring to other productions...
...total of 1.2 million graduates gave over $129 million to United States colleges and universities during the past fiscal year. This amount, an increase of 29 per cent over the previous year, was the highest ever contributed...