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Word: pledgees (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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In nearly every state, Stuart Symington has a few devoted, eager backers who are ready to pledge faith and funds to his cause. Most have helped him fight his battles through administrative Washington, or watched from neutral corners while his intense drive brought stale government alive. The quality of executive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Everybody's No. 2 | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

The Finns, who defended their independence through two gallant, losing wars with Russia, have also found it hard to stand up against their giant neighbor in time of peace. Last year their President Urho Kekkonen shocked many Finns by letting the Russians veto the composition of a Finnish Cabinet. Following...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FINLAND: The Wary Neighbor | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

Except for physical sciences, headed by Nuclear Physicist Gustav Hertz, almost every Leipzig department has been destroyed academically. Compulsory courses (Marxism, Russian) help to keep a student in school as long as 13 hours a day. Homework is often an evening spent proselytizing citizens about Marxism. "Vacation" is an assignment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: How to Kill a University | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

The pledge, suggested by President A. Whitney Griswold, is similar to the non-discrimination requirement which PBH instituted last fall for its public housing lists. Both Yale and PBH prohibit discrimination on basis of race, creed, or color.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Housing Board Bars Discrimination | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

The first person to pledge in this year's Phillips Brooks House drive for Red Cross blood bank donations was President Pusey, according to Elliot Gershon '61, co-chairman of the campaign.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pusey to Donate For Blood Drive | 10/20/1959 | See Source »

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