Word: stuarts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Alaska scientists who be came the first Americans to see it, the Soviet satellite appeared "like a star and brighter than Jupiter." To Washington's Democratic Senator Henry Jackson, it was a partisan reason for proclaiming "a week of shame and danger." To Missouri's Democratic Senator Stuart Symington, it meant a frenzied call for a special session of Congress. To retired Defense Secretary Charles Wilson, it was merely "a nice technical trick." To hundreds of U.S. scientists, it was a marvelous scientific-technical achievement, a triumph of mind over universal matter-and at the same time...
...Philip of Spain only occasionally visited the British realm of his wife Mary Tudor, who reigned from 1553 to 1558. Methodical William of Orange (1689-1702), declaring firmly that he could never "hold on to anything by apron strings," gently elbowed his wife and coSovereign Mary Stuart aside, and ruled alone. Prince George of Denmark, consort of Queen Anne (1702-14), was described by contemporaries as "very fat, loving news, the bottle and the Queen"; he took so little interest in affairs of state that he has become English history's most forgotten...
...Mary Stuart (adapted from Friedrich Schiller's drama by Jean Stock Goldstone and John Reich) is a great 150-year-old German classic which, despite the appeal of its heroine to English-speaking nations, seldom turns up in their theaters. One reason may be the problem of translation; another, the assortment of plays about Mary Stuart-Swinburne's, Drinkwater's, Maxwell Anderson's-that are in English already. Finally, 150-year-old classics have a way of showing their...
...Council also agreed to accept student complaints about lost HAA ticket books, and take these to Lunden. Athletic Affairs chairman Stuart L. Levine '58 reported that Lunden "thought it was a good idea," although the problem had not yet arisen...
...Monday Night the Student Council directed its athletic chairman, Stuart L. Levine '58, to consult with Ticket Manager Frank O. Lunden about the problem, and to report back at its next meeting, which is also on Monday Sept...