Word: pre
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...names of Sherman Adams and Cabot Lodge sent the hearings careering off in new directions. One path led toward the President, the other toward Cabot Lodge, a favorite quarry for both Democrats and anti-Eisenhower Republicans, who still resent Lodge's management of Eisenhower's pre-convention campaign against Taft...
Meanwhile, they are biding their time "Slow penetration" is the party line. "This amounts to a silent, courteous revolution, gaining ground through good manners, a revolution carried out with the backing of the law, with no haste, moving from one election to the next, finally pre- senting the nation with a fait accompli, without provoking strong reactions, and with hardly anybody realizing what is happening...
...periodic health inventory of employees is an absolute essential, to Dr. Page's way of thinking. It begins before placement in a job and should go far beyond the usual perfunctory pre-employment checkup. It should be followed at regular intervals by a comprehensive survey of the worker's sociological position, emotional factors, his reaction to stress and strain, the character of his home life
During the last war, few people at Harvard had as much right to be confused as Leigh Hoadley, master of Leverett House and professor of Zoology. "Grinding out pre-meds," he had to teach an army course, a navy-civilian course, and a double-time navy course--all beginning at different times of the year. Although he claims he is not sure whether he gave the right lectures to the right classes, the chances are good that Hoadley was on schedule, for the precision of the scientist underlies his easy-going manner...
...Student Union is a pre-fabricated building that houses student organization's meeting rooms and offices, mail boxes, a supply store, a lounge, the College print shop, and a soda and hamburg bar. But the students who snack at the latter are more likely to be stag than dating...