Word: upper
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...report analyzes the results of a questionnaire issued to the three upper classes at Radcliffe by a Student Government committee headed by Elizabeth Herrlich...
...overcome Toscanini's dislike of recordings (he was infuriated by their failure to reproduce the sound of his orchestra as he remembered it), Walter Toscanini built a sound studio in the billiard room in the basement of Toscanini's house in Riverdale (the Upper Bronx), piped tape-recorded music up to a giant speaker in the living room. When the spirit moved him, the old man sat in the living room listening to and judging the full-volume thunder of his orchestra. If a note or a phrase displeased him, he moved his head almost imperceptibly from side...
Chew-Chew. In Fresno, Calif., when the San Joaquin Daylight train arrived 18 minutes late, Southern Pacific officials blamed "unforeseen operating difficulties" for the delay-Engineer William J. Franey had sneezed, blown his upper dentures out the cab window, stopped the train to hunt for them...
...Council of the Republic (upper house) has become a rival and obstructionist force against the Government. Primarily conservative, it offers nothing but delay and confusion to the Cabinet and the Assembly. Intended to be a "second thoughts" chamber, the Council has developed into a stumbling block for effective Government action...
...concentrators. This course, if operated at a higher level of intensity than the present introductory course, can save a great deal of repetition in later course work. The only apparent disadvantage in requiring this course is the probable reduction in the number of non-concentrators taking upper level courses in Social Relation...