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Dates: during 1950-1959
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VANISHING RAIL COACHES may be stockpiled by worried Pentagon, which needs at least 1,047 for troop transport in case of war. With railroads scrapping passenger cars (present total: 10,262) three times faster than they buy new ones, Pentagon hopes to lease old coaches, keep them on sidings for emergency...
...What we really must determine," the source said, "is whether by simply replacing the present cheerleaders by a group of varsity athletes, the situation is in anyway essentially altered. I think not. Clearly the solution lies in fielding a bevy of attractive young Radcliffe ladies who will command the interest and respect of the entire cheering section...
...Hall, and sat down. It was evident they had planned the motion and seconding. A murmur had gone through the twenty-five members of the department, a part of it tense and whispered. Briggs, an old hand at such meetings, sensed a difficult situation. There were full professors present who would not have been full professors if Greg had remained on the staff, and Briggs knew the depth of their dislike and resentment; and they in turn, by innuendo and gesture, had communicated their sentiments to certain younger members of the department. Briggs knew it would not do to allow...
...ceremony was everything that Professor Briggs could have wished. The chancellor, all of the deans, all the members of the department, many from related departments, and eight visiting notables were present, all of them wearing their caps and gowns and brightly lined doctoral hoods. Three photographers were there flashing pictures. There were several speeches. When the portrait was unveiled, a delighted ripple arose from the group, and then there was prolonged clapping.... Tea and punch were served, Professor Greg was congratulated from all sides, and each of his former colleagues left feeling he had seen...
...think Quemoy is the place to fight Communism," Vincent remarked. The present U.S. involvement in the Formosa strait is "a situation to which we should never have committed ourselves...