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...delegates had little chance to blow off steam until Phil Murray's nomination for re-election to his eighth term as president. They voted him in by acclamation and gave him 20 minutes' worth of howling, snake-dancing and table-thumping. Then Murray did some thumping of his own for price controls and smacked the Government for being "definitely derelict" in its duties. Later he was asked if he meant to include Harry Truman in his criticism. He did. Said Murray: "In this country we can criticize whom we choose, when we choose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Taming of the Left | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

...Farley, ex-Democratic chairman, distributed bitter pills at a Wellesley College anniversary banquet. Because of the "frightful . . . pressure," reported Farley gravely, "I do not believe any woman is physically and emotionally strong enough to serve out a full presidential term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Oct. 27, 1947 | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

Regional chairman Lawrence Jaffa 2Div announced that in addition to adopting the Constitution which will govern NSA'S activities locally, the gathering of 50-odd schools plan outlining a specific program of projects for the coming term...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five Delegates Will Head for NSA Meeting | 10/25/1947 | See Source »

...Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy" is the scheduled subject of a Harvard Society for Industrial Democracy discussion group the HSID executive committee announced last night following a meeting of planning for the term...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Industrial Democracy Society Announces Plans for Fall Term | 10/25/1947 | See Source »

...ramifications and connotations of "liberal education" are so profuse that the term itself needs redefinition. When teachers colleges, technical colleges, large state colleges all issue B.A. 's, what is the common denominator of a liberal education? In this welter of educational institutions, what is the proper role of a college such as Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The College Scene | 10/23/1947 | See Source »

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