Word: segments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Symbolic Role. Seldom had a Secretary of State been so spectacularly denounced by the minority party.† The Republican action served notice to the world that the U.S. Secretary of State no longer spoke for a large segment of Congress or of the nation. Its effect, as many signers agreed, was that his prestige abroad was seriously damaged at a critical moment in diplomatic affairs. This week, dragging the G.O.P.'s clattering repudiation behind him, Acheson flew off to the Brussels conference aboard Truman's personal plane, the Independence. Alben Barkley and George Marshall were on hand...
...Parity is a formula for adjusting farm support prices according to the prices farmers have to pay for the things they buy (fertilizer, tractors, etc.). The aim is to give the farmers' dollar the same purchasing power it had in 1910-14. No other segment of the U.S. economy has the same government guarantee. Parity prices are revised monthly by the Department of Agriculture...
Jimmy Archey plays the best trombone in the east at Jimmy Ryan's, on the once famous segment of 52nd Street between Fifth and Sixth. Pops Foster was already the best bass player when your father was half your age. Wild Bill Davison leads the band at Eddie Condon's 3rd Street emporium, along with Edmond Hall and Gene Schroeder. Ralph Sutton plays between sets. Nick's features Pee Wee Erwin's enthusiastic group at 10th and Seventh...
Finally, freshmen will be given two votes on all future councils. Since they represent a large segment of the College, both in numbers and influence, it seems entirely right that these students, who previously sat in on the council without voting privileges, should receive effective representation...
Another objection is that the Trytten plan would lead to a grade race at colleges as students strived to stay in the required segment of their class. In pointing up holes in all the programs, Provost Buck, who backs Conant on U.M.S., refers to this result. As he explains, much of what Harvard stands for might go by the boards in a rat race...