Word: put
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gallup pulse reading, reported this week, provided Republicans with more solid occupational therapy, gave Democrats something to ponder. Last May the pollsters divided the U.S. public into five occupational groups, put the question to each: "Which political party do you think serves the interest of your group best?" The May answers showed a dramatic drop in Republican popularity, most notably a 9% decline among business and professional people. When Gallup popped the same question this month, he got a surprising response. Fifteen percent of the unskilled workers (against 11% in May), 16% of the skilled workers...
Capp spoke of Nixon's television appearance during the 1952 campaign, when the candidate refuted charges that "well-heeled California patriots had been slipping this boy $18,000 a year." Concluding, he said, "The great and compelling reason to put Nixon in the White House is that we can keep our eyes upon...
Finally, in 1901, the varsity cut loose with an overwhelming 48-0 trouncing of the hapless Bruins. However, the game was not as satisfactory as the score makes it seem. As the CRIMSON of Nov. 4, 1901, put it, "Harvard defeated Brown on Saturday by a score of 48 to 0, in an uninteresting and poorly played game. Harvard was not once held for downs, while Brown was able to gain a first down only once...
...Work is a luxury for me," Mrs. Fainsod explains. I have always counted on doing something useful with my education (B.A. Bryn Mawr, M.A. Radcliffe). I like to put my training to a gainful and useful purpose. It is a real privilege to work. One must be able to afford it financially--the cost of housekeepers and the income tax set up make this difficult--and also, one must be sure that one's home and children are not being slighted. I have to count on really professional help at home...
...plight of the newcomers is one which Mrs. Rupert Emerson feels quite strongly. Both she and Mrs. Fainsod pointed out that the Faculty wife serves as an informal settling agent. At newcomer's teas, the most common question put to the "old guard" is where one can find a good pediatrician. The vast problem of helping the newcomers find housing and friends takes up some of their time...