Word: spent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been discovered at the Graduate School that the women suffer academically for the time spent on other pursuits. "Their previous training is as good as the men get," George P. Springer, Dean of Admissions, said. An officer of the School of Music felt that some of their undergraduate girls experience 'strain' in the effort to keep up. Most of the students seemed to feel that the toughest part of getting a Yale degree was gaining admittance...
Bishop Newbigin, who has spent twenty-two years in India as a missionary, and has thought deeply about the meaning of his experiences, dealt with massive tidal movements of society in our time, only one of which is the repudiation, implicit or explicit, of the Christian faith by most members of western society. This declaration, on which you have based your headline and lead sentence, can be understood only in the context of the entire lecture. Further, that a Harvard reporter can state in one paragraph, "He called for a return to a cyclical religion," and two paragraphs later report...
...names of many nominees have been kept secret for fear of prejudicing the public before the girls have attained their peak efficiency. However, a few nominations have been announced. The Harvard Dramatic Club is sponsoring Liliane Solmsen '60. Miss Solmsen has spent the last two weeks in the Radcliffe gym. "I'll do my best," she promised...
...Wechsler took to print to explain what had happened. Said Dolly to "Dear Reader": "Time was running out. No one else had dared or cared to refute Harriman's unfair insinuation that Rockefeller was hostile to Israel." Said Editor Wechsler, in a signed editorial: "Mrs. Schiff and I spent many hours over a period of two months discussing the decision . . . Much as I differ with her final conclusion, I know it was not an easy one for her." At the point where some of his fans hoped that he would announce that he had walked out, Wechsler added that...
Monk & Gambler. On American Airlines, the changes will come naturally and inevitably to Cyrus Rowlett Smith, known familiarly in the industry as "C. R.," who has spent 24 years patiently and indefatigably making improvements in his line...