Word: picking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Suppose the question is: 'Did you pick X's pocket and steal his wallet?' Only a 'Yes' answer could be incriminating, and if the witness claims his privilege, the fair inference is that he must be a pickpocket and a thief. That natural inference might be drawn to his detriment in the ordinary affairs of life--for instance, a bank might conclude that such a person could hardly be a good risk for employment as a teller, if he has got himself in such a fix that he cannot answer a question like that. The only place inference cannot...
...Corporation spokesman stated yesterday that the University governing body does not make a practice of re-offering an honorary degree to a recipient who has a chance to pick up his degree and does not do no. The Corporation apparently felt the General had such a chance...
...former Allied Supreme Commander in Japan was earlier voted a degree in 1946 and again in 1948. The supposition was that it would be available for him any commencement he chose to pick...
...camp Colonel Lawrence Huff told the CRIMSON that the General would be "delighted to receive his honorary degree this year, but he has not yet received an invitation." Last year, Huff made the public statement that the Hero of Bataan would be "to busy to come to Cambridge to pick up his degree." Apparently, he would not have received a degree even if he had been free to come...
...Corporation spokesman, who asked that his name be withhold, asserted that the University would not continue offering a degree if the recipient would not come to pick it up. University policy prohibits awards except in person and only on the appointed date...