Word: weekends
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Surrender. Before long Mike had split the Oregon Democratic Party, had demoralized operations at the Multnomah County Courthouse, had gotten involved in bitter feuds with the county commissioners and the Civil Service Commission. But Portland was sure that Mike was cooked at last. By last weekend 29,000 of 30,000 signatures necessary for a recall election had been gathered...
...equal ease. The day he learned that peppery Lord Beaverbrook was taking over the Ministry, young Franks mourned to a friend that "that awful little man" would wreck the organization. Then he had a second thought, and added: "I think I'll look into the office over the weekend...
...years there will be no art except 'commercial art,' and no painter except the 'weekend' painter . . . Unless subsidized or protected, [painting...
Also a symphony forum-an inexpensive series of concerts featuring leading artists, with accompanying lectures directed at non-concentrators; a lodging bureau-to line up quarters for both men and women on weekend safaris; a faculty rating system-the rating to be done by students, also successfully used at Michigan; a book re-purchasing agency-to buy and sell used texts; a human relations institute; study-travel tours; placement of DP students-seven will be placed this year; and a national art exhibit...
Social life at Stanford is completely different from Harvard's, for Stanford is coed with no strings attached. The radio is three males to one femme. "Why wait for weekends? is the motto. Picturesque couples dot the campus, longing on the lawn in front of the library or strolling to the Cellar for a cup of coffee. It is virtually a university policy that there be at least one open dance on campus each weekend. The aim is to provide a complete life for each student right on campus. This is almost accomplished except that Mr. and Mrs. Stanford insisted...