Word: term
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Texas legislature last week was set to help Favorite Son Johnson's chances by moving the Texas primary (tantamount to election) up from July to May, thereby giving Johnson early opportunity to wrap up another six-year Senate term before the Democratic convention. Fortnight ago the legislature ruled that a candidate could run on Texas' general election ballot for President or Vice President as well as a statewide office (including the office of U.S. Senator from Texas...
...rushed off to deliver his televised victory statement. Grady had small reason to be humble. Two months earlier, in only his second campaign, he had knocked off wily Three-Termer D'Alesandro for mayor in the Democratic primary. Last week, Grady mowed down equally seasoned (onetime mayor, two-term Governor) Republican Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin by a record 81,000 votes...
Nobody has a good word for Lamont, especially during Spring Reading Period. Credit must be given where it is due however, and it must be noted that, in accordance with janitorial policy, air conditioning has been increased fifty per cent over the term-time norm. Despite the influx of last-minute grinds and unsavory types from outside the College, there have been no cases of suffocation, fainting or heat exhaustion thus far this season...
...vocationalism," Monro last month suggested that seminars might give a freshman a greater feeling of intellectual participation than a 50-minute prepared lecture. At the core of the seminar would be a freshman "thesis." Speaking to the last point, Nash noted that freshmen already face a plethora of term papers...
...course, Natural Sciences 4, Nash assigned a term paper months before it was due, asking students to prepare a rough draft and consult him. "Out of about 10 students," he said, "only five ever showed up, and many probably didn't begin preparation until the day before...