Word: sparingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...because it was smaller and because of its fine staff. So the lonely son of the richest man in the world packed his bags and went to Providence. There he worked hard at sociology and economics, got high marks and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa; much of his spare time he spent teaching the boys' Bible class of a nearby Baptist church, or working in the college Y.M.C.A. To his surprise, John soon found that his quiet and modest ways were winning him a sincere and ready liking. He was elected president of the junior class, and after...
...Brother" reconnaissance satellites now in the planning stage. If they get electricity for working their television transmitters from small nuclear reactors, as has been proposed, they will need radiation-resistant tubes. Every gram of weight counts on a satellite. Big Brother will have no grams to spare for heavy shielding...
...good critical notices, but NBC's total billings were dragging their heels. As chairman of the board, Weaver was supposed to "work as a team" with new President Robert Sarnoff (TIME, Dec. 19). But he soon discovered that his part of the teamwork gave him a lot of spare time for balancing exercises on the bongo board he kept in his office (see cut). Last week Weaver knew that the time to boost himself had come. With a fat NBC severance check for his unexpired contract in his pocket. Weaver resigned, touching off one of the biggest NBC shake...
...skies over Korea, he took so many and took advantage of them so well that he accounted for 14½ MIGs. To his annoyance, peacetime duty kept his adventures to a minimum. Last year Captain Fernandez discovered a new way to cut loose. He began to devote all his spare time to planning and practicing for the Bendix Trophy race, a 1,120-mile dash from George Air Force Base, Calif, to Will Rogers Field in Oklahoma City...
...Then he expelled six student leaders (including the president and vice president of the student body). Some of the expelled students were actually pro-American, said President Asato, "but they failed in their responsibilities to keep other students in line." Asato shrewdly acted while students were on vacation, to spare the U.S. another round of mass demonstrations by students, most of whom seemed to be in sympathy with those expelled...