Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After only two months in college, Gambler Murchison was caught in a crap game. He was told he could stay if he signed a no-craps pledge. But Murchison would not make such a promise; he returned to Athens as a teller in his father's bank. Instead of...
I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands; one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Composed by members of the staff of the Youth's Companion* and first printed in the issue of Sept. 8, 1892, this pledge rapidly became a fixture of U.S. school life, as standard as Palmer penmanship and chewed erasers. In 1923, out of concern for the possible confusion of...
Last week, a judiciary subcommittee of the House of Representatives unanimously voted to recommend that the words "under God" be inserted after the words "one nation," and Congress will probably make the new wording law during the present session. The old lilt of 1892 was no longer, but the boys...
Last week, for instance. Buffalo was planning another windfall -the pledge of an annual $71,000 from the city's doctors for the medical school.