Word: upper
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lower Houses Before . . . . . . . . . . Dem. 28 Rep. 19 After . . . . (one tie) Dem. 38 Rep. 8 Upper Houses Before . . . (one tie) Dem. 23 Rep. 23 After...
...most part, meritocracy works; the upper class knows for the first time in history that it is superior in all ways to the lower; and the intellectual proletariat is encouraged to accept a "just inferiority" and develop a liking for sports. Modern wonders abound in Young's Utopia; the morning rocket leaves regularly for the moon, and England's southwestern counties have been covered with concrete for the convenience of motorists. But even as the author writes, the end is in sight. A general strike is called by a fusion party of disgruntled old men, trade unionists dimly...
Benevolently exiled, because, with the exception of dormitory living, AMP's are supported "in the style to which they are accustomed" during their stay at Harvard. Lobster, steaks and liquor flow in the upper regions of Kresge Hall, far from the pot roast and New England boiled dinners of the first floor serving line. "Of course, we wouldn't make our lowest salesman stay in accomodations the size of these dormitory rooms," a Texas vice-president declared, "But it's clean...
Unfortunately the distinctive neogothic of other campus buildings cannot be carried through in the new dorms, for the same monetary reasons that Quincy House is modern. The new structure will be built on sloping ground, three stories high at the lower end and two stories at the upper end. Construction techniques have not been decided on yet, but extensive use of steel or alumium, and glass, is being considered...
...Jerry Nicholson, Jerry Nicholson, in the Captain's office," his voice spoke into a loud speaker and echoed "...zun ...zun ...zzofiss" from the upper levels. "Jerry Nicholson...