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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Across the plains of Nebraska last week skimmed a little airplane labeled "Operation Honesty." Its passenger was Nebraska's Republican Governor Robert Crosby, and his pockets were bulging with lapel buttons and pledge cards also marked "Operation Honesty." Before the week was out, he had flown 1,284 miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEBRASKA: Diogenes on the Trail | 3/15/1954 | See Source »

Hostility & Warmth. Since Nov. 20, the 42-year-old governor has traveled 9,000 miles, made 79 hour-long speeches, distributed 30,000 buttons and pledge cards in the cause of Operation Honesty. Every piece of mail that has gone out from the Statehouse has bravely carried the label. When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEBRASKA: Diogenes on the Trail | 3/15/1954 | See Source »

Open conflict has so far been avoided because the University has made no attempt to revise the collection or its handling. President necessities, however, point toward some sort of integration in the near future it the collection is to fulfill its pledge to be available "for scholarly research by sincerely...

Author: By Stephen L. Seftenberg, | Title: Widener Roosevelt Library: A Useful Monument | 3/10/1954 | See Source »

Originally passed in 1935, the Teachers' Oath Law was amended in 1948. The present law requires teachers in Massachusetts educational institutions to pledge support of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the U.S. Constitution on penalty of a $1,000 fine.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grand Jury Closes March Session Without Attempt to Indict Furry | 3/4/1954 | See Source »

The Noblest Game. In March 1909, Republican Theodore Roosevelt obeyed his earlier campaign pledge not .to seek a third term, and turned the presidency over to his "lieutenant," William Howard Taft, governor of the Philippines and later Secretary of War under T.R. He went to Africa for a ten-month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Constructive Radical | 3/1/1954 | See Source »

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