Word: round
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...United Party leaders got set for the election by taking the precaution of recruiting some young goons of their own, Nkrumah sent out secret orders for the Builders' Brigade to lie low. The result was a moral disaster for the U.P.: by the time election day came round last week, Ghana's uncorrupted, British-trained police had been forced to arrest 82 United Party toughs, while only seven of the C.P.P.'s boys got into trouble. And two C.P.P. men-the only martyrs of the whole election-lay dead, the victims of a U.P. mob. After that...
...Maurice Pate, 65, executive director of UNICEF, for round-the-world fighting of disease and malnutrition in children...
...promoted the sport to a place in its "Sporting Column," lifting it from the department entitled "Brevities." On the eve of the Columbia contest, the Crimson observed, "The men do not fall on the ball enough; they must get accustomed to throwing themselves on the ball, instead of dancing round outside of a scrimmage, and expecting the ball to be kicked out to them ... Our men do not tackle hard enough; they should try to throw their man every time, and prevent his passing the ball ... our Team ought to have no difficulty in defeating Columbia today...
...most important possibility is that it would allow teachers to work all year round. By using their skills full-time, teachers could probably earn more than one-third more pay, since administrative cost would not increase proportionally. In a school with initially high salaries like Exeter, the increase would make them competitive with industry, and in other schools, salaries might at least rise above the subsistence level...
Plans for a lively weekend include a picnic, a banquet and dance, and a round-the-clock bar. Some alumni will also play in the annual Dartmouth Concert, given Friday night before the game...