Word: record
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...committee of well-meaning activities representatives who would run such a charities drive as a strictly secondary interest. Successful collection requires more than men of good will; it demands a coordinated administration. This year's Drive chairmen are to be congratulated for a campaign which not only raised a record total, but also restored needed respect for the Combined Charities drive itself...
...senators on both sides of the issue orated several hours longer Thursday, getting their views on the record...
Halleck was the only man with a chance to oust Martin. He had the argument of experience (majority leader while Martin was Speaker in the 80th and 83rd Congresses). And his voting record oscillated enough to please both conservatives and liberals (isolationist until Pearl Harbor, strong backing for the war effort afterwards; firm opposition to Administration-backed social welfare measures until 1953, warm support of very similar measures afterwards...
...have posted a 5-3 record thus far, including a league win over the hapless Lions on Monday, 68 to 52. They have a tall, talented squad that could prove to be, with the possible exception of Princeton, the only threat to Dartmouth's superiority...
...doubt the President's public conscience is beginning to bother him. He feels, and with good reason, that the Administration has not sufficiently lived up to its repeated campaign promise of a balanced budget. Its record on that score now stands at two wins and four losses, but as more than one critic pointed out, if George Humphrey could not cut down government spending...