Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Counter-proposals which were extensively debated were for a Class smoker, and for no Class social event, in spite of the provisions of the Paul Report, which require at least one a year for class unification. The reason given for the latter proposal was that the Council could not afford to underwrite a possible losing dance or smoker...
...Taft and Hill proposals utilize "voluntary" plans such as the Blue Cross. They would advance federal grants to the states to pay for those who cannot afford the premiums. Truman's Fair Deal medicine is much more far reaching. It would apply to everyone in the Social Security system, at least 85,000,000 persons. An additional 3% payroll tax would pay for it, 1 1-2% from the employee, 1 1-2% from the employer...
City Across the River (Universal-International), based on Irving Shulman's novel, The Amboy Dukes, and solemnly introduced by Drew Pearson, is another slum drama with a social message. It tells the story of a Brooklyn kid (Peter Fernandez) who joins a tough street gang (the "Dukes") and quickly goes wrong...
...Council has 21 members, but since it is set up under a semi self-perpetuating system, only 12 of the members are elected. The remaining nine will be chosen by Swift. There men are elected from each of the three areas, Humanities, Social, and Natural Sciences, while the remaining three are elected from the School at large...
...purpose of the questionnaire was to discover grad students' opinions on such subjects as curriculum, social life, and other aspects of graduate education. Although the poll was run entirely by the Grad School, the Council was consulted first...