Word: wishfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...when I say that I was a part of the unfortunate "Ole Miss" riots. I love Mississippi, and I'm proud of its heritage and traditions-the ones that give beauty and enjoyment, the ones that are so much a part of me and of the South. I wish to thank you for having the insight to grant the South a future instead of another condemnation...
...prevailing modes of musical comedy: satire and nostalgia. The '30s are not close enough for slashing satirical gibes, and not distant enough to be bathed in a glowing forgetfulness of things past. Half the audience is too young to care, and the other half is too old to wish to be reminded...
While the memorandum explains that "freshmen, as in the past, may wish to visit the Houses during the winter and may wish to talk to members of House staffs," the new system does not provide for House interviews or a specific effort to acquaint the freshman class with the Houses...
...administration spokesman revealed last week that the new assignment process will definitely not emulate the Yale plan. Yalies are assigned to a College by a computer at the beginning of the freshman year, but may transfer later if they wish...
...comparable reputations, the Federal Reserve's Martin has become even more influential in monetary matters. Said Martin in Uruguay last week: "Some people in Washington attack me and say I'm more powerful than the President. The answer I give them is that sometimes I only wish it were true." To Martin, who has been the Federal Reserve's chairman for 14 years, central banking is both "a profession...