Word: sitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...players, who had signed a petition asking for his release. The coach, they said, was too strict: he would not let them ride home from games with their girls; he yelled at them; he would not let them whistle in the dressing room or chew grass; he made them sit erect on the bench. Citing a list of such complaints, four promising freshmen quit the University (enrollment 30,000) to solicit offers elsewhere. After an investigation by University Vice President H. P. Everest, Cherberg was rehired .for 1956. Then, last month, he was fired...
...view." However a reader may feel about the autobiographical material, when Prescott talks about his job, The Five Dollar Gold Piece gains a good deal of stature. When one thinks that men of Prescott's profession are the most important link between literature and a people increasingly prone to sit in front of their television sets, the beliefs and opinions of such men become crucially significant...
Delegation sit as Units...
...club delegations will sit as a unit, but individual delegates may take whatever stand they desire, Brady added. Of the nine affiliates, only the New Conservative Club has taken a collective position on the resolution. It will oppose recognition. The other clubs will come unpledged...
...unlooked-for blessings. The Indians may turn to this country as an exemplary study in non-violence. England and France may begin to consider the United States decadent and therefore cultured, while the Latin Americas may now see that the supposedly hard-working Yankees actually do know how to sit back and live. These benefits may be nullified, however, by the recommendations of America's athletic Bernard Baruchs. While Russia is currently presenting itself as the essence of gentlemanly sportsmanship, America's coaches are stressing their newly discovered political responsibility, adopting the eager-beaver attitude of the Soviet Union...