Word: toward
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Harvard's increased recognition of statesmen, scientists, or educators can be traced to the change in character of the College as a whole. No longer a training school for the Congregational ministry. Harvard has evolved almost steadily toward greater variety of interests--and this has been reflected in the distribution of honoraries given out each June...
...Master's degree has a second, more symbolic purpose at Harvard. The ranks of the professors are traditionally somewhat chilly toward colleagues from other institutions. And so, "ut in grege nostro numeretur," each Assistant Professor gaining tenure receives an M.A. Since 1942, this degree has been awarded automatically unless the new Associate Professor has already earned his M.A. at the University...
With two out and two men on base, Bill Rodgers, playing shortstop for the injured Kasarjian, got the second of his two hits, a drive deflected off the pitcher's glove to the second baseman, who fell down and shoved the ball toward first. When Leamy broke for third Balboni was forced to come home and was tagged out by catcher Tom Christopher...
Success After Failure. Such recognition of legislative skill has been a long time coming, and to Halleck an agonizingly hard time. Whipped by a furious ambition, he has shaped his life toward national political leadership. Time and again he suffered setbacks. At one point, frustrated beyond endurance, he withdrew from his friends, took on Scotch as his closest companion, even talked of quitting Congress. Yet in the ambition that drives him and in the absolute determination not to fail again lies the key to Charlie Halleck's success as legislative leader...
...minutes later, the mourners moved back toward their cars. Alone at the head of the grave, a cemetery workman stuck into the fresh earth a metal marker reading simply...