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Word: ruled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...make it a rule not to sing my own songs at parties any more," Lehrer said, a little ruefully. "The party turns into a request session and it's no fun for me. It's my business now and I don't like to be asked to work in my spare time. It's like inviting a plumber to dinner and then asking him to fix the john before he leaves...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: 'The Guy Who Taught Us Math...' | 3/21/1959 | See Source »

...restrictions on exam conduct a few years after the honor-system privilege was granted, the 'Cliffies clamored for "crystallization of a positive honor system." In particular, the student body objected to a principle which lay at the heart of successful unproctored examinations--the student's responsibility to report any rule violations which she chanced to observe...

Author: By Mary ELLEN Gale, | Title: Keys to 'Cliffe Dorms Unlock Secret of Honor System Ethos | 3/18/1959 | See Source »

...ideals and utility," the committee held bi-weekly discussions and sponsored a Radcliffe News poll of student opinion. Issued in June, 1954, the group's report called for a return of authority to the proctor, and emphasized the proctor's duty to report infractions of a set of revised rules. Student objections to reporting others' rule violations were largely overlooked by the committee, which urged that girls continue to be responsible for each other. This provision, however, remained so universally disliked and disregarded that last fall Student Government Association followed the course of least resistance and abolished it. "Rightly...

Author: By Mary ELLEN Gale, | Title: Keys to 'Cliffe Dorms Unlock Secret of Honor System Ethos | 3/18/1959 | See Source »

...supply background data before his visit. He is expected to show up for Sunday dinner, stay until Saturday afternoon. In those six days he gets a thorough going-over by psychologists and psychiatrists, but no hint of psychoanalysis-there is not a couch in the place. The only strict rule: every subject must take daily walks over the surrounding hills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Checks for Execs | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

...move came as a surprise, because only one day earlier, Federal Reserve Board Member M. S. Szymczak told a Washington audience that the Fed might have followed a tougher money policy were it not for the 4,700,000 U.S. workers still unemployed. His remark was interpreted to rule out any quick discount hike, and the bond market spurted up on the strength of it; after the announcement, the market slipped back again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Fed's Surprise | 3/16/1959 | See Source »

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