Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...About Me" is a very amusing five-minute affair. "written by George Bernard Shaw, directed by George Bernard Shaw, produced by George Bernard Shaw, and with a cast of George Bernard Shaw played by George Bernard Shaw." It affords Mr. Shaw an opportunity to "insult a wide audience and retain the pleasure of doing so himself, instead of hiring actors...
Richart accepted the job without payment in order to retain his amateur standing. He was a medalist in both the Boston and Massachusetts amateur tourneys last year. At the University of Illinois, from which he graduated in 1946, he was number one man on the golf team. He has taught at Harvard for three years...
Dick Button is favored to retain his North American title this weekend when 30 top-rank figure skaters from Canada and the United States compete in Calgary, Alberta, in the men's and women's divisions. Button has won the world championship for four years...
...Germans got this measure of self-government only after they had agreed to take responsibility for Germany's foreign debts and to share the burdens of Western European defense. But they are not yet fully independent. The Allies retain their German exchange controls and the veto power over decisions of the German government. The new Foreign Ministry may not deal either with the three Western powers or with Soviet Russia...
...selecting those who will carry on these traditions, Perkins tries to get a cross-section of the College, but he also feels that the House must retain its individualism. According to Senior Tutor Maurice M. Pechet, "It must combine education with a way of life...