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Word: picking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...answer to a request that he pick the topic for the Harvard Union Debate Council Tournament, Pusey announced his choice in a letter to council president Robert W. Scrivner '57, "This is a very live question and should create interest on either side of it. It also has the advantage that there is much to be said on both sides...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pusey Picks 5th Amendment For Freshman Debate Topic | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

Purring southward from Washington through a chill morning overcast, the presidential Constellation Columbine headed for Fort Benning, Ga., and landed. President Eisenhower and the First Lady, on their way to a six-day Thanksgiving vacation, had decided to pick up their son and his family at the Army camp where he is a battalion commander. Major John Eisenhower met the plane, but reminded his father of an old infantry tradition: a good officer eats holiday dinners with his men. He would stay until Thanksgiving afternoon, said the major. He bundled his wife Barbara, their three children and Skunky, their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Cabin by the Pines | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

Toddler Trade. In a bid for family travel business, Chicago's Pick Hotels Corp. (21 hotels) began a new family plan for parents traveling with their children. No room charge is made for children under 14; baby sitters are provided at the going local rate (50?-75? an hour at the Congress Hotel in Chicago); toys, cribs and strollers are provided free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Dec. 7, 1953 | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

...corner of your suitcase. Prices are wide in range, providing tasteful suggestions to fit any wallet and money clip. These are only a few of the gifts the editors have chosen. Others will appear in three subsequent gift pages before vacation begins for those who still forgot to pick up little something for Aunt Clara...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON Christmas Gift Suggestions | 12/4/1953 | See Source »

...Donnell says Conant has manageged to pick up German amazingly fast, questing his language instrucsted as saying, "You can always tell this Harvard man, but you never have to tell him twice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Writer Gives Conant 'A' in German Affairs, 'C' on Russian Issues | 12/3/1953 | See Source »

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