Word: swing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Psalms. "So teach us to number our days," said Shivers, who says that he wants to retire after this term (ending in 1957). Wealthy and still young (47), he ran partly so that he could lead a con servative Texas delegation to the 1956 Democratic convention. He helped swing Texas to Ike in 1952, but may now make peace with new Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler. Shivers has spent more for schools and hospitals than any past governor, now wants higher taxes to pay for new highway and water-conservation programs. His inauguration, despite a north wind that whisked away...
...oyster sauce). Toasts were drunk in Chinese wine. The Chinese showed a movie in color, a harrowing love story. Both sides issued a short statement: "We feel that these talks have been useful." Then Hammarskjold flew back to New York via the Pacific, completing an around-the-world swing. On leaving, he sent Chou his "sincere personal thanks...
...From 1960 on, the strategic balance will begin to swing in favor of whichever side is quickest to find defenses against the other's offensive weapons. Scientific research is thus the most critical factor in the West's defense planning. Britain, which already spends at least one-tenth of its arms budget on research, will probably increase the proportion, hoping that in quality, if not in quantity, it can stay far ahead of the Soviet Union...
HOWARD MAYER BROWN '51, teaching fellow in Music and Lowell House tutor, will beat out the rhythm of the bells on a weekly basis. Brown plays the bells without aid of written music, but has two husky helpers to swing the clapper of the big bell...
...settling down," the farmer said. "From now on it will be best for us to be what we really are-Japanese." In Tokyo a Japanese editorial writer echoed the sentiment more formally: "The whole nation is searching for its lost pride." Last week the search was in full swing...