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Word: willingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The Shadow of No. 1. Shortly after he announced that he would not run for a third term in '56, Governor Herter got a call from John Foster Dulles. Would Herter be willing to come to Washington and work under Dulles as Under Secretary? Eager to get back into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The New Secretary | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

When one realizes that most of the real income distribution at Harvard comes through commuters rather than through resident students, it is evident that what one thinks of as the Harvard "student body" is a pretty well-off group. "Even our commuting group is not representative of the nation at...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: The Changing Character of Harvard College: Applicants Face Stiffer Costs, Competition | 4/24/1959 | See Source »

After Oxford came several years of writing and directing, including "six months as director of a weekly repertory in a town in Staffordshire in the Midlands. I did twenty-four plays in twenty-four weeks, including O'Neill and Shakespeare." (Imagine a repertory company doing a play a week, including...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Eyewitness for Posterity | 4/21/1959 | See Source »

For the second time in its 108 steady years, the New York Times this week made public its annual report. The figures for 1958 confirmed the point made by the report for 1957 (TIME, May 5), i.e., that the Times is willing to make only a thin profit in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Thick Paper, Thin Profit | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

Trade-Ins. The key to Ayer's success is the way he sells. He does not merely dump airplanes for a price, but first makes sure that they can be used and comfortably paid for. For small lines, which do not always know what is best for them, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Musical Chairs | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

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