Word: vacant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...another irate letter-writer, George Rehin '52. He wrote, "They would have all of us dress alike, behave alike in class and thing alike. There will come a day when all Yalemen must dress like spooks on Tap Day, sit rigid in the class room with the somber and vacant stares of mechanical men, file with military precision into the dining halls, and never touch women or liquor after...
...City's Borough of Queens, has long been safe, solid Democratic ground. Its 450,000 residents register two-to-one for Harry Truman's party; they have sent Democrats to Congress nine out of ten times in the last 20 years. Last week, voting to fill its vacant congressional seat, the Fifth turned down a Democrat and elected a Republican to Congress by a vote of 17,300 to 11,442.* It was an unexpected upset for the Democrats. Was it also a harbinger of November? Republicans, naturally, hoped so. During the campaign, G.O.P. Candidate Robert Tripp Ross...
...Avoid silence, especially at dinners. "On sitting down, Mr. Bull should without delay engage one of his two neighbors in conversation ... Be careful not to fall into a vacant stare...
Both Yale and Penn gave a boost to their 150-pound crew squads when Yale named a part-time 150-pound coach to fill a spot that was vacant since the end of last season, and Penn announced its intention to financially support its team...
Football Coach Lloyd Jordan has been among those Pittsburgh alumni considered to fill the vacant coaching berth there, Pitt Athletic Director Tom Hamilton told the CRIMSON yesterday...