Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reputation of the HYRC in the eyes of the rest of the College is self-admittedly at rock-bottom. While becoming an increasingly intellectually respectable philosophy in the rest of the country, Republicanism at Harvard is being discredited by the organization and people officially representing it. Gaining toleration for the conservative viewpoint is especially important at Harvard, an institution characterized by the liberality of faculty and students and by the number of influential leaders graduating from College...
...Around 10:30 the Nixons quietly left. Their takeoff was followed by the departure of stiff, proper Society Matron Mrs. Merriweather Post, hair in cunning bun, dignity coolly intact. Hardly anyone cared; the band blasted out with Hold That Tiger, and for hours that tiger was really loose; jitterbugging, rock 'n' rolling, the crowd poured it on. At length, in the early hours of the morning, the party and the liquor began to subside. Tired, rumpled and glassy-eyed, the guests found their way to the door. Last to leave: Senator Russ Long, his face glowing. Gazing around...
...five years the Ford Foundation has stood like a rock of gold behind TV's Omnibus. "We were operating," says Omnibus' Executive Producer Robert Saudek, "with what Justice Holmes called 'the fighting significance of guarantees.' " What Saudek meant was that Omnibus, with Ford's "venture capital" behind it, could fight the mediocrity of TV and "raise the level of American taste." Saudek and Omnibus made such a good start at both objectives that last week the foundation decided to abandon its "experiment" and sent Omnibus into the cold world of commercial TV -with its blessings...
Giant. A big (3 hr. 18 min.). tough picture based on Edna Ferber's bestseller about Texas, directed by George Stevens; with Rock Hudson. Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean (TIME...
...testimony presented to the Student Council reflected entirely upon the Stalker faction. If the name of the HYRC is at rock bottom, it is because of the actions of the Stalker-Hodel faction. If they had refrained from unethical practices, this might not have occurred. But the testimony tonight indicates that they did not, and now the entire club is saddled with the responsibility for the actions of a few. The only course of action left to Stalker, if he has any regard for the reputation of the HYRC, is to retire from the race for the presidency...