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...toward hiring Negroes for flight crews. The lines, all of which fly into New York, announced a joint policy of "judging applicants in all categories of employment and upgrading on the basis of merit, without regard to race, creed, color or national origin." In addition, they agreed not to solicit job seekers from agencies and schools that bar Negroes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Big Step | 10/15/1956 | See Source »

...inflexible political position than its [Aug. 27] paragraphs describing the presidential candidates: from President Eisenhower came "the clear tones of a political leader turning squarely to the future" while TIME found Adlai "scurrying from caucus room to caucus room." We can be wearily certain that had Eisenhower had to solicit delegate support he would have "strode vigorously" in quest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 24, 1956 | 9/24/1956 | See Source »

...special committee will compile statistics on the number of freshmen in the various activities now as compared to the last few years. It will also solicit explanation for the decline from the heads of student organizations. The Union Committee will consider any proposals made by the group, and will make recommendations to Dean von Stade...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Union Committee Group to Analyze Outside Activities | 3/23/1956 | See Source »

Agents must solicit everyone in their classes, including those to whom the term "graduate" is loosely applied, namely anyone who has spent more than six months in the College. This canvassing involves many hours of writing letters, keeping records of funds received, and attending necessary meetings...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: 30 Years of Growth: The Harvard Fund | 3/7/1956 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Coach Speaks Out | 2/13/1956 | See Source »

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