Word: sisterly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...denied all involvements, but it was perfectly plain that the reduction of U.S. aid to Diem and Washington's public disapproval of his repressive measures against the Buddhists set the scene for the coup (see THE NATION). As the news from Saigon unfolded, it was Diem's sister-in-law, Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu, who provided a bitter chorus from Los Angeles, where she was winding up her U.S. tour. Said she: "There can be no coup without American incitement or backing." This time, even her severest critics, including the Moscow press, agreed with...
...glows whenever he has a snootful, which is nearly every night. He has no discernible trade and lives on the dole as if he had earned it. He is selfish, improvident, coarse, arrogant and bullying. "Don't stand out there in the cold, lass," he says to his sister-in-law, come to pay a visit. "Buzz off." His name is Andy Capp, and he is the newest folk hero of the comic strips...
Charles E. McCarthy, Jr., assistant admissions director of Yale and supervisor of the program, met with representatives of the Seven Sister Colleges this weekend at Mount Holyoke. McCarthy will be provided with the specific admissions qualifications of each of the schools. During his interviews, he will be able to recommend particular institutions to interested students...
Applications may also be increased by a long range plan which is now being considered by participating colleges. Students with potentially adequate qualifications for Ivy League and Seven Sister colleges may be given aid to attend boarding schools in the North...
...seventh year on the faculty, Dr. Austin Jesse Shelton, professor of English and concurrently Director of Research and Assistant Dean, was fired by the college's president, Sister Mary Lucille, for adopting Richards' The Meaning of Meaning as a text in a senior course in advanced composition, although the choice had been cleared with his department chairman. Two students had complained about the book...