Word: shaper
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Roy Orchard Woodruff, 76, longtime (1913-15, 1921-52) Republican Congressman from Michigan who entered the House as a winner on Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose ticket, was a conservative shaper of G.O.P. policy during 14 years as chairman of the House Republican Conference; after long illness; in Washington...
...most resourceful leader in the C.I.O. His ability is not questioned, but many labor (and industry) leaders deplore his tendency toward labor statesmanship, a phrase sometimes used in labor circles with a heavy charge of sarcasm. Though he can be intensely practical when necessary, Reuther is an inveterate shaper of far-reaching "Reuther plans," which to most labor leaders seem to deal with matters outside labor's province. His tendency is to make a specific union issue a springboard for broad social and economic questions, e.g., the 1945 negotiations between the U.A.W. and General Motors, during which Reuther based...
Other outstanding violinists include Sander S. Shaper '54, former concert master of the Midwood High School Orchestra, Leonard M. Marcus, '51, concert, master of the University of Wisconsin Orchestra before he transferred, and Marguerite Welsh, Wife of a graduate student and former concertmasters of the Vassar Symphony Orchestra...
...heavyweights in the Republicans' stable. By mixing work with three weeks of lolling under the Key West sun, the President and his advisers hoped to sharpen up for a big tour that will take him across the U.S. and back in May. Just about every trend spotter, word shaper and evil-eye caster on the President's staff was on hand to condition the champ and polish up his footwork...