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...Union Committee narrowly voted into existence a sub-committee to steer the amendment process, but finally killed a motion requiring this steering committee to poll class opinion...

Author: By Richard T. Cooper, | Title: Freshman Union Committee Moves for Smoker Abolition | 5/2/1956 | See Source »

...paper's cofounder, will become editor in chief of both dailies. There will be no other executive changes, and the papers will keep their local flavor. In keeping with the new style of newspaper empire building, the Ridders tend to leave each paper fairly free to steer its own course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Growing Ridders | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

...weeks at tuning the engine, test-driving the car, turning the tires down on a tire lathe until they were as bald as racing rubber, and perfectly balanced. All Flock had to do to beat his less elaborately prepared competitors was push the accelerator to the floorboard and steer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Speed on the Beach | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

...introduced herself and said she came from the Allen agency. Then she introduced a Manhattan and went to answer somebody else's questions. The caviar went well on Ritz Crackers, and the wall was covered with pictures of bulls. It was very puzzling, because they called the place "The Steer Room," but then we passed that off as New England modesty...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: An Important Occasion | 2/15/1956 | See Source »

...long, but critical view of the local scene, we inclined to take a dim view of the world in general, Although the CRIMSON's Executive Board was Republican, its Editorial Board remained largely Democratic. Predicted chaos, however, did not arise in this non-election year. The paper managed to steer a moderate course, somewhat to the left of President Eisenhower, and considerably to the right of former President Truman. While we took comparatively few swipes at the president himself, we could not resist his Secretary of State...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Retrospect | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

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