Word: ward
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...drain the hopes of all those who had joined the party in search of prestige, power and patronage. Today a good Tito Communist is expected not only to tread the delicate ideological line between Russian Stalinism and Western capitalism, but to spend a good part of his time attending ward meetings, canvassing his neighbors like a Tammany heeler, doing his homework in Marxism and paying party dues that range up to 3% of his wages...
From industry and government last week came figures to bolster the view of investors that the worst of the business adjustment might be over. Ward's Automotive Reports announced that auto sales in February were up 12% over January, and predicted a 15% rise in March output. Plymouth recalled 7,700 workers previously laid off, but Studebaker, still having trouble with sales, shut down for a week...
Author Williams introduces his hero right in the maternity ward. A calving elephant has an "auntie" or sister elephant who helps pick a lying-in spot: Bandoola's mother and auntie picked a site near a river bend with a giant tree for shade and seven-foot elephant grass for fodder. The night before Bandoola was born, the two elephants trampled the grass round the tree till they flattened an area the size of a circus ring...
Captain Chick Chandler, the only other varsity wrestler to win his first-round bout, dropped a 9 to 7 decision in the quarter-finals to George Ward of Army after matching the Cadet wrestler, point for point, until the last 30 seconds of the third period...
Meanwhile Crimson Captain Chick Chandler, in the 157-pound class, reached the quarter-final round by winning yesterday afternoon but lost his match last night in the last 30 seconds to Ward of Army...