Word: versa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...clangor of political strife resounded in Washington last week-not Democrats attacking Republicans, or vice versa, but Democrats flailing at Democrats. With time running out on the first session of the 86th Congress, Democrats exploded with pent-up frustration at their inability to make a partisan record and get hold of an issue. Their No. 1 target: their own shrewd, well-tailored Senate majority leader, Lyndon Baines Johnson...
...leaking," one of the girls shrieked during the practice, but her fears were soon assuaged. And when the combined race itself came--well, it proved the old adage that men are nothing without women--and vice-versa...
...relationship between academic ability and the ability to score well on College Board Tests has never been satisfactorily established. The Predicted Rank List, which tries to sum up ability and motivation, is by no means infallibile, since Group IV PRL entrants have gone on to receive Magnas, and vice versa. Although an applicant will probably never stand or fall on Predicted Rank List alone, the trend is to lop off applicants on the very lowest range of ability. Five or six years ago, the average Harvard student was in the top 5 per cent of the nation's college group...
...prize at last year's Carnegie International (TIME, Dec. 15). To see what the shouting is about, Manhattanites last week were flocking to a Tàpies exhibition at the Martha Jackson Gallery. A few of those who came to praise remained to scoff, and vice versa, for Tàpies does not fit the abstract-expressionist fashion. Though fiercely independent, his art is more cool than hot, more gloomy than exuberant and more calm than wild...
...should rest on Capitol Hill, not at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. ¶ Another Republican leadership fight in the House resulted in a victory for Indiana Republican Charles Halleck-but only after he specifically promised rebel forces that he would be their forceful representative to the White House rather than vice versa...