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Word: womens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some win elections with a confusing complex of support. Mrs. Pearl K. Wise, for example, seems to gather support not only from her CCA endorsement but from some labor groups, women's groups, and "the Jewish vote." And Councillors Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29 and Edward A. Crane '35, both Harvardtrained lawyers and strong CCA supporters, seem to get much backing from Irish and Italian people who care little for CCA programs. In fact, one of the few factors which seem to have little influence on the election is party affiliation: there is only one registered Republican, Mrs. Cornelia B. Wheeler...

Author: By Howard L. White, | Title: Current Campaign Lacks Clear Cut Issues | 10/29/1959 | See Source »

City Council: A body of nine men and women elected from the city at large without reference to wards or parties. It serves both as a legislature and as a board of directors. As a legislature, it passes laws and ordinances for the city, and appropriates taxes and other funds to pay for services; as a board of directors, it establishes policy for city administration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Local Political Jargon: A Guide | 10/29/1959 | See Source »

Twelve Russian university students--eight men and four women--will arrive in Cambridge this afternoon for a week's visit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Russian Students Begin Cambridge Visit Today | 10/28/1959 | See Source »

...Cambridge section of the tour for the Experiment in International Living, all the Russians will stay in Harvard and Radcliffe dormitories. Four men will live in House guest quarters--two in Adams and two in Kirkland--while the Divinity School and the Business School will house two each. The women will stay in Bertram and Comstock Halls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Russian Students Begin Cambridge Visit Today | 10/28/1959 | See Source »

Before the 130-odd ships that were the core of the Spanish Armada had been provisioned, searched for contraband women, and set creaking out of Lisbon harbor in May of 1588, one of the captains assessed the expedition's chances; unless a miracle occurred, the English could be expected to knock the Spanish to pieces. "So," he finished with heavy irony, "we are sailing against England in the hope of a miracle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Seasick Admiral | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

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