Word: wanted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Platform. In Nashville, Term., H. Sanders Anglea, announcing for re-election as vice-mayor, said: "My many friends have not prevailed upon me to become a candidate for reelection, and I have not been told that the city needs my services; the truth of the matter is, I want the job again...
...take this stand in opposition to so many good people and friends. But I feel it would be negligence of duty on my part if I did not point out what I consider carelessness, to say the least, on the part of those who run Harvard. I do not want to see Harvard continue to be the unwitting tool of the sinster influences that are now so powerful in this Country--influences responsible for the strange courses and action taken by many hitherto splendid institutions...
...there is no need for commuters to be separated from the resident students. For a decade or so, a few Administration officials have suggested that commuters should be made non-resident members of resident houses. The proposal has been rejected repeatedly for two practical reasons: commuters themselves do not want amalgamation with other Houses, and the Masters feel that non-resident members would put an unacceptable burden on the already overloaded Houses...
...dampening speech, Nehru stood fast on his policy of neutrality and nonalignment in pacts, even knocked down suggestions that India join Pakistan for the united defense of the subcontinent (TIME, May 11). "We do not propose to have a military alliance with any country, come what may, and I want to be clear about it," Nehru said. He was all for settling mutual problems and living in peace with Pakistan, but "I do not understand when people say we must have a common defense policy." He added, ingenuously: "Against whom...
Faculty wives do not appreciate Dr. Segal's slimy pets. "They want to know what a big lug like me is doing with slugs. I try to explain, but most of them aren't listening. They're just being polite." The National Science Foundation feels differently, has given Dr. Segal a $21,000 grant in the hope that his study of the slugs' ability to adjust to temperature may provide clues in helping humans adapt to tough environments-such as high altitudes or outer space...