Word: poole
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stuffy and the phony and for finding endless fun in universal human foibles and frustrations. His career, which began as a $10-a-week saxophonist on New York's borsch circuit, has made him a millionaire. It has brought him a $100,000 Long Island home with swimming pool and three servants; a duplex Manhattan penthouse office suite that boasts a rehearsal hall and a Rouault; seven years of psychoanalysis, and such possessions as 50 broad-shouldered suits, a $4,000 diamond-and-star-sapphire ring and a solid gold lighter for his long, fat cigars. The last time...
Currently there are 85 recognized college-wide organizations at Harvard, including as members more than half the undergraduate community. Some--like the language clubs and the casual hobby groups--do little more than provide an opportunity for individuals to pool their common interests. Others--the student publications and drama groups, for example--pose some sizable problems for the educator through their burgeoning competence and professional skill...
...liked your article on Ramo-Wooldridge. In 1931 Dean Wooldridge and I had an 11 o'clock French class at the University of Oklahoma. We usually met for a game of pool between 10 and 11 o'clock. We were the world's worst players...
...month ago to permit skilled and technical workers to bargain separately for higher pay, a move that many employers welcome since it will permit them to give the bigger pay raises they think the skilled workers deserve. Despite this progress, employers are still unable to tap extensively one huge pool of potential skills-the Negro worker -traditionally barred by many craft unions...
...document lists the following six "facts" as good reason for University action: "1) Warm weather is approaching; 2) This pool is our only recreational facility, hitherto unused; 3) Adams House has its pool; 4) This facility is vacant, serving no present purpose except to gather dust; 5) The pool appears to be in good condition and should not be excessively expensive to reopen, and 6) We feel that this is a reasonable request, that we should rightfully have the use of this pool...