Word: washing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pending assignment to the Far East, Peress was ordered to Fort Lewis, Wash. His papers, the telltale loyalty and personal-history answers still unnoticed, followed him across the country. At Fort Lewis, he applied for a "compassionate reassignment" to be near his wife and child, who were under psychiatric care...
...Legislative Yuan, some called Wu a liar and a coward. In Evanston, Wu replied: "I know that we cannot afford to wash our dirty linen abroad . . . But if the National Assembly wants me to tell the facts . . . I'm prepared to back up my statements any time...
...FLORENCE BARTON Pullman, Wash...
...Waco. Texas in October 1952, Presidential Candidate Dwight Eisenhower dwelled on "the absurdity of the situation in Washington." The Department of Agriculture, he pointed out. was distributing a booklet telling the housewife how to wash dishes. "Now someone whose salary is paid by the taxpayer's money made a remarkable discovery and put it right in the booklet," said Candidate Eisenhower. "He says dishes should be washed in a dishpan, not just any dishpan, either. The Department of Agriculture says you will want a pan large enough to accommodate your dishes. But it must also fit into your sink...
...Kvaraceus, includes both a check list for rating delinquency conditions and a handy set of multiple choice questions for pupils to be surveyed. (Sample: the secret of success is 1) luck, 2) hard work, 3) ability, 4) money.) ¶ President Chester C. Maxey of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash, was cheered by the results of an unusual test for academic efficiency: a full-scale management audit of his college by the American Institute of Management. For five months, A.I.M.'s experts worked on their "public service" inspection. Their tests concluded, they found that Whitman's strong points...