Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Using slides, Doctor J. Otto Brendel indicated that "nothing is new under the sun," during the third Thursday afternoon lecture, held on July 23. Brendel, a professor of fine arts and archeology at Columbia University, spoke on "Classical Style in Modern...
...first part of the Seminar, Mohamed el Dessuky, principal of a boy's high school in Egypt, and Baruch Hadar, Israeli legal and economic advisor, spoke on Egyptian education and Israeli politics. Dessuky, commented that the growth of social consciousness in the nationalistic movements following the two world wars has resulted in new agencies for social progress and, since the overthrow of the monarchy in 1952, a new era in educational advancements...
...tally on each member's vote. That same day he telephoned union leaders in each swing man's home district, urged protests against the Congressman's "betrayal" of labor. Commanding one A.F.L.-C.I.O. Steelworker official to put the heat on a New Jersey Congressman, Zagri spoke like a crusader on a trailer-truck parking lot: "Get a delegation down here tomorrow morning and tear his door down." He provided his agents with sample form letters to send in, urged wires, calls and protest meetings, brought non-Teamster unionists to Washington to badger Congressmen, and did most...
...theme in Katowice: "Adenauer seems to follow in the footsteps of Hitler, who is now decaying in the earth. I say to Adenauer: 'If you try to attack the Socialist countries, you won't be able to leave your own hole in the ground.' " Then up spoke Wladyslaw Gomulka, the perfect host: "Adenauer strives to win France for his policies. Our new friend President de Gaulle may be compared to a dog who barks loudly, but is nevertheless only a toothless...
...techniques picked up since he learned to singlehand a 28-footer as a 14-year-old on Long Island Sound and went on to become a legendary figure, a man who may well have sailed-and won-more races than anyone in the sport's history. Corny Shields spoke of the jib ("Don't trim it flat-you need a nice little cup in it''). He gave a captain's cold advice on picking a crew ("Don't have a light-hearted comedian as a member of a serious racing crew"). He even talked...