Word: yes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...surplus of little pegs that would have fallen through the holes, whereas big pegs of individual shapes refused to fit in, even when pushed. But a survey of his handiwork at least brought the new President the consoling knowledge that it was composed chiefly of good obedient yes-pegs who would not hop out of their holes and make trouble...
...Post Office being the largest job-pasture in the Government (365,000 workers). Since President Hoover has evinced an interest in Government reorganization, perhaps the Brown Plan of 1921 will emerge from its pigeonhole. Otherwise, and perhaps even so, Mr. Brown may be counted on as a quiet yes-peg with a political point...
...Wilbur has been President of the American Medical Association, a Trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation, and a member of the Pan-American Commission. "Yes-men" are not chosen for such honors. When he became President of Stanford University he made many radical changes there and formulated policies which were opposed by a large majority of the Alumni, but in spite of this opposition, he did not swerve from the lines he had chosen, and after 15 years, has convinced most of the Alumni of that University that his plans were sound, while at the same time winning for himself...
Anyone who knows Ray Wilbur and his work must resent as I resent this "Yes man" [TIME, Feb. 11] implication. I am sure that time will reveal and TIME will publish news of Ray Lyman Wilbur which will prove the injustice of this imputation...
...Yes, time and TIME will tell...