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Word: sitting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...legislature, if called, would take drastic action, such as abolishing the public school system. State Senator C. E. Yingling probably summed up the majority opinion when he said, "This would be the worst possible time to call a special session," and added that "this is the time to sit down, cool off, and act like human beings...

Author: By George H. Watson jr., SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Newspaper Hints Faubus Will Summon Legislature | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

...more leisure, more education and more security to our people than they have ever enjoyed before. Do we want to lose this? Do we want to let some pet or personal scheme of our own keep us from going on with the fight? Do we want to have Republicans sit on their hands as some 500,000 of them did in Wisconsin the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Binding Tie? | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

...Hungary's aftermath, disarmament. The words would be many and searing, but the professionals on hand hoped that little action would be required. Even India, which sometimes seems to be rocking the boat for the sheer pleasure of making waves, was said to be in a mood to sit still because of its urgent need for economic help from abroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Quickly & Quietly | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

...from 12:40 to 2:40 p.m. He would then make his afternoon delivery, and go home at 5 p.m. Nowadays he must be at the post office at 6:15 a.m. and work until 2:45 p.m. with a half hour off for lunch. "You're supposed to sit on the curbstone and eat your lunch," he laments. He also must get up at 5 in the morning, which means he goes to bed at 9 every night so he can get enough rest...

Author: By Richard N. Levy, | Title: Postman Andy Corr Retires | 9/27/1957 | See Source »

...however, he is getting tired. He will try to get a light job somewhere, since he is "a little too active" just to "sit around the house." Andy has been ill for the past few days, but even though he has some vacation and sick leave due him, he plans to come to work before he officially retires on September 30. "I thought I'd want to go back and say good-bye to my many friends," he explains...

Author: By Richard N. Levy, | Title: Postman Andy Corr Retires | 9/27/1957 | See Source »

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