Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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First of all, concluded Harris, we must conquer the American belief that borrowing for an automobile, a home, or a trip abroad is moral while loans for education, the most productive loans...
...method of punishment would be to allow Pasternak to make the trip, receive the award, and then just refuse the author re-entrance into the Soviet Union. There could be little western indignation to this action, since it is comparable to the United States' treatment of Charlie Chaplin, Hayward observed. But to exile Pasternak would break a tradition established with Trotsky's demise, and more defamation of the Russian world might result from Pasternak's work...
Polling for Trends. Where each Congressman is allowed one annual Government-paid trip to his home district, Chamberlain made 14 his first year, 18 his second, at a personal cost of $76.34 per trip. Most of all, Chamberlain learned to rely on a system of periodic polls, sending out questionnaires to 150,000 Sixth District voters (each poll costs him $700). "The returns may not be complete," says Chamberlain, "and they certainly are not infallible, but they always show a trend...
...world-circling trip, Dr. and Mrs. Lin Yutang stopped off in Hong Kong, where the philosopher-novelist (The Importance of Living, Moment in Peking) told newsmen that "unless we have the courage to face Communism and change from the defensive to the offensive, there's nothing to prevent Communism from becoming the world's victor." Then, flying to Formosa, Dr. Lin stood on Chinese soil for the first time in 14 years, said there should be no cut in the size of the garrisons on beleaguered Quemoy and Matsu...
...athletic directors here and at other schools. They are the direct liason between the team and the Department of Athletics, for it is the manager who has contacts with both the players and administration. Managers feel they have a grave responsibility for team spirit. Sloppy arrangements of a trip may wreck the spirit of a team. Above all, managing is one way "to get out of a rut" by assuming some worthwhile responsibilities in a valuable extra-curricular activity...