Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some of his chores were decidedly unpleasant. In his seven years of office, he had been forced only five times to call upon the Taft-Hartley law's injunctive machinery against strikes threatening the national interest. To him, the necessity of using Taft-Hartley could only result from the failure of collective-bargaining procedures, in which he deeply believes. Yet last week he had to invoke Taft-Hartley twice, once in the Eastern dock strike, again-and with more disappointment-in the marathon steel strike...
...various bureaus in the Executive branch of the government until 1953, "when the new administration took over the government and all faculty returned to their colleges." For a brief time during the Eisenhower-Taft fight within the Republican Party, he sided with the Eisenhower faction, but for the last seven or eight years he has considered himself politically as an "independent...
...Columbia's last to date, came in one of the most exciting encounters in a series that dates back to 1877. Despite the span of 82 years, only 17 games have been played in the ancient rivalry, with Harvard winning 10 and the Lions seven...
...July 1, Dean Bender will clean out his desk and, after seven years on the job, leave the Office of Admission and Financial Aid, to become associate director of a Boston Foundation...
...hanger space and steep insurance rates--add up. The yearly Club membership fee is $45. Each hour in the air costs $7 in the Cessna 120, and $9.50 in the Luscombe 8F. Since all members are expected to fly a minimum of one hour per month during the seven hour per month during the seven month school year, the minimum annual cost of belonging totals almost $100. Flying additional hours adds to the cost, of course, but, because of the fixed membership fee, make each hour flown less expensive...