Word: segments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Along with these ups, the Pudding has also had its share of downs. "Fireman, Save My Child," in 1929 went on tour to New York. Here, it was such a colossal failure that a segment of Harvard alumni in New York gathered and implored the Pudding never to send another show to Broadway. 1930's production was so good, however, that the alumni did an about face and asked them to return...
...while the disadvantages of higher tuitions are clear, the College's need for a higher income is equally obvious. If the University feels that tuition can go no higher without seriously restricting the nature of its student body or without placing undue pressure on one segment of society then they must initiate some other program for raising money from alumni, industry, or government. To date, there have been a few dramatic moves in this direction, but not enough to attract the immense sums now needed...
Objection to the proposal centers on two main points: (1) whether a crucifix represents an obvious point of demarcation between Catholics and Protestants; and (2) if so, whether a large part of the Protestant segment of the Divinity School would consider it representative of Roman Catholicism and actively oppose...
...roses from their handbags and pinned them to their dresses. The usher demanded that these be removed too, but the sergeant at arms nervously ruled that the black flowers could be worn. The women knew their cause was hopeless, but their presence was a visible reminder that a large segment in the country deplores the direction South Africa is heading...
...uneasy quiet lay over the University of Alabama, as if the campus had, for the present at least, been shocked into some semblance of sanity. The safety-first suspension of Negro Autherine Lucy still stood, but a good segment of 'Bama seemed to have decided that violence is not the answer to the problems raised by her admission (TIME, Feb.20...