Word: prior
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other aspect of the U.S. exhibition, which ranges from fashion show to soda-serving drug counter, has raised such a ruckus as the choice of U.S. art (see color pages). The original intent, outlined by American Federation of Arts Director Harris K. Prior, was to document the proposition: "Nowhere in the world can man live a complete life without the beneficent presence of the visual arts. In America, because of the highly mechanized civilization and the abundance of leisure time, they are perhaps even more necessary than elsewhere...
...from Eliot that one dates the beginning of modern education at Harvard, although there had been many innovations in educational techniques prior to his time. Many of those changes, however, were minor and were undertaken primarily to meet the needs of a steadily increasing enrollment...
...John A. Baker Jr., 30, second secretary in the U.S. Moscow embassy, Russian history prior to 1800 seemed a safe, non-controversial subject when he applied last fall for a spare-time course at Moscow University. A friendly, strapping (6 ft. 4 in.) Yaleman ('49) with an infectious smile, Russian-speaking John Baker soon began to get invitations to student parties and to student homes, returned the social obligations by digging up tickets to U.S.-Soviet athletic events for his Russian friends. "I never volunteered any information," said Baker, "but when they asked questions, I answered them...
Some 20,000 U.S. drivers own antique or classic cars, and their number is growing fast. The Horseless Carriage Club, for owners of cars produced prior to 1916, has jumped from 350 members in 1944 to 7,500 today. The Classic Car Club, for owners of fancy cars of 1925-42 vintage (mostly Packard Eights and Twelves), counts 1,700 members, will add 300 this year. The aged-auto fad has claimed many VIPs. Among them: Dwight Eisenhower, who used to enjoy relaxing in his mother-in-law's high, stubby 1914 Rauch & Lang Electric until it was sent...
...originally thought that the Government might regard the distribution in the same tax-free manner as it treated dispersal of stock by companies broken up by the Utilities Holding Company Act. The difference apparently is due to the Government's view that the utilities were operating legally prior to the law's passage, whereas Du Pont was found guilty of violating the 44-year-old Clayton Antitrust Act. The man who will decide what Du Pont must do is Chicago's Federal Judge Walter J. LaBuy, whose original ruling in favor of Du Pont three years...