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Word: vastness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...students wishing to attend college will more than double by 1965. To meet their demands, colleges quite obviously must expand greatly. Presumably, the conference will seek a solution for this question, bearing in mind the possibility of federal aid or even former President Conant's suggestion of a vast junior college program. If, like the public school representatives, the delegates do propose federal support, they must decide whether the aid should go only to state schools, or to private universities as well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conference on Colleges | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

Whining Paranoiac. For its vast middle-brow audience, TV served up a go-minute helping of Herman Wouk's Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, with most of the same cast that has carried the show to big-money grosses on Broadway and on tour across the nation. Lloyd Nolan re-created his memorable Captain Queeg, depicting the collapse of a personality, in one shattering crossexamination, from a man-to-man blaster to a whining paranoiac. Captain Queeg's character is complex yet dramatically clear, but most of the other characters in Caine Mutiny must operate as intellectual phobias...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: The Week in Review | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

...Higgins '57 organizes Cambridge City workers, and Morton F. Goldberg '58 is in charge of PBH work at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; David Chernof '57 directs the Program's relations with the University, arranges Lamont displays, handicraft exhibits, and publicity; and Jonathan P. Marget '58, secretary, handles the vast amount of paper work involved in placing the Volunteers in their proper places in each of the five hospitals every week. Margaret E. Putney '56, PBH vice-president in charge of General Hospitals, assists Reiss in integrating the Program with other Brooks House activities...

Author: By Gavin R. W. scott, | Title: 'Decline from Ivory Tower' Spurs Hospital Volunteers | 12/2/1955 | See Source »

...have spoken with many city officials who all agree that the area must be one of the first to be rebuilt," he stated. "Since urban renewal entails reconstruction of vast areas, no conceivable plan for Cambridge could not include this decaying site," the businessman added...

Author: By Ernest A. Ostro, | Title: Official Predicts University Growth Along Charles in Next Five Years | 11/30/1955 | See Source »

...Ohio State's hurrying Halfback Howard ("Hopalong") Cassady is not awarded a big block "S" for his vast contributions to Michigan State football, Michigan State's athletic authorities will be guilty of a sin of omission. While the Spartans were taking it easy last week, murdering Marquette 33-0, Hopalong ran wild, led a hopped-up Ohio State squad to an upset 17-0 victory over Michigan's Wolverines. The Buckeyes earned themselves their second Big Teh title in a row, but more important, by beating Michigan they bought Michigan State a ticket to the Rose Bowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: 511 for Ohio | 11/28/1955 | See Source »

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