Word: stay
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Minister Pompideau, head of the Association for the Fifth Republic, and de Gaulle's man in parliament, should have no difficulty maintaining enough discipline in his party to keep the majority intact. He is a shrewd organizer, and the pressure of a narrow majority, should convince his followers to stay in line...
This vagueness gives Harvard recruitors--especially the first recruitors, the alumni--practically a free hand in deciding which students are worth going after. Most alumni are aware of this vagueness, but many of them add to it their own conception of "what Harvard wants." And that conception may stay fixed while Harvard's actual wants--the kinds of students the dean of admissions and his staff hope to recruit--change a great deal. The dean may be hoping to bring in, for example, more small-town, rural students or Negroes; the alumni in Montana or New Jersey may be concentrating...
Despite his abrupt withdrawal, Meredith intends to stay in the political arena of "the city, the state, and the country," though he disclosed no immediate plans for his political future...
Poor Atalanta. She doesn't want to marry anybody, ever. She doesn't even want to stay at the College of Vestal Virgins, as the Dean (Nick Whitlam) keeps urging. No, Atalanta wants to be a famous athlete, and most any day you'll find her practicing the various track and field events she plans to enter in the next Olympiad...
...absorb as much as he can and give people different perspectives. He has a quality of engaged detachment." Monro could talk to people for hours without tiring or abandoning the conversation in frustration. "The first time I went in to see him," recalls one student, "I expected to stay for about ten minutes. Instead, I ended up staying for about 50 and slinging the bull on just about everything." The story is not uncommon. Monro has opened up his office to many students, especially in his last years. In fact, at times the conversation drags on and he unrealistically assumes...