Word: picking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since it is a field that attempts a synthesis of four different sciences, Social Relations requires its students to pick a special area of interest within the department. One of the two three-hour departmental exams given at the end of the senior year tests the student's knowledge of Social Anthropology, Sociology, Social Psychology, or Personality Psychology. The other exam is on the theories and methods of the field as a whole...
Politicians and pundits immediately began to pick at Stevenson's statement and make slides for closer study under their political microscopes. One thought that "this summer" could be taken as a hint of a short summer. Another pointed out that "could not" is not "will not." The Chicago amateurs running the national Stevenson-for-President committee announced that they would not close up shop, but would stand by for developments. Professional Jack Arvey, Illinois' Democratic National Committeeman, said he is still for Stevenson, thinks his man "should & would accept" a draft. Even Harry Truman, who had displayed...
...Toll. Omaha and Council Bluffs were saved from devastation. Downstream lay other cities girded for the flood. The Missouri's crest would continue to inflict damage on the countryside, where farmers' "private" levees could not withstand it. The Army's Chief of Engineers, Lieut. General Lewis Pick, summarized the toll exacted by the Mighty Muddy as its flood passed down river from Omaha: 27 railroads blocked, 83 main highways broken, 87,000 persons displaced, 50 cities & towns flooded, 2,000,000 farm acres swamped, 153 private levees breached-a total of $200 million damage, which would...
...same story was repeated all along the North Shore as thousands of Chicagoans poured out of the city searching for TV sets that could pick up Milwaukee's station WTMJ-TV. They left home because none of Chicago's four TV stations were carrying the middleweight championship fight between Sugar Ray Robinson and Rocky Graziano at the Chicago Stadium; the promoters had barred the local stations to ensure a good crowd...
Dick Barwise, Bob Ray, Fred Ravreby and the mile relay team gave the Crimson its other victories. Barwise, jumping for the first time since this winter, cleared 6 feet, one inch to pick up five unexpected points, while Ray managed to throw the shot slightly over 47 feet despite a leg injury. Ravreby beat-out Mike Cooney of Holy Cross for the top spot in the javelin with a loss of 172 feet...