Word: terme
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...United Steelworkers and the Serbian Progressive Club. Like the latter-day apostle of civic progress that he has become, he never missed a chance to mention his "better Pittsburgh," with its smog-free air, rising skyscrapers, parks, bridges and elevated highways. At 68, running for a fourth term, crusty, cold-eyed Dave Lawrence is one of the last of the old city bosses. At the same time he is the dean of a new breed which realizes that a successful 1957-type politician must deal out as much progress as patronage if he wants to be reelected...
Last week the Mellon arm was still there, all three Pittsburgh newspapers had endorsed his reelection, the machine was rolling, and Dave Lawrence was on the way to a fourth term. There were few who would say him nay, despite such displays of untidy municipal housekeeping as potholes in the streets and frequent scandal in the police department. For King David, on behalf of bosses everywhere, had tested a new proverb and proved its wisdom: in time of prosperity one towering skyscraper is the equivalent of 7,000 city jobs...
...Beat Generation, to put the situation in Kerouac's own unequivocal bop-talk. Anyone who's ever listed to Symphony Sid will dig that immediately. For the uninitiated, "down-and-outers" may be offered as a synonym for "Beat Generation," albeit a weak one. Loosely defined, the term can be applied to almost anybody from 15 to 40 who thinks that things are in a hell of a mess so you might as well have a good time. IT is probably best described as an "ECTSTATICALLY Good Time," though the feeling is as hard to pin down as any mystical...
Established last year by the Massachusetts legislature for the purpose of making low-interest, long-term bank loans available to qualified college students, the Corporation's approval of loans submitted by the banks carries with it a guaranty of 80 per cent of their value...
Accordingly, we propose that before registration in the first year a man should take an examination in one foreign language and in the writing of connected English prose. If he fails in either or both, he must make up this deficiency by the beginning of the second term of the first year. The examination in the second foreign language may be taken at the start of either the first or second term of the first year or of the first term of the second year...