Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week they learned that the signals were changed. Democratic National Chairman Bill Boyle let it be known that he (and therefore Harry Truman) was now for Jimmy Roosevelt. Boyle was no man to underestimate the crowd appeal of the name, the smile, the memory-waking voice. Said one party strategist: "George Luckey is awfully nice, but California is important to us. Jimmy Roosevelt can beat Earl Warren. Therefore Roosevelt is our man. It's just that simple...
...With an appeal to those who have not yet made contributions, Haynes announced gifts totalling close to $34,000. Faculty contributions have reached almost $25,000, while employee donations have passed the $6,500 mark. Student gifts amount to about...
Horseback & Hospital. When a star combines high sex appeal with low resistance to the demands of press-agents, she works all the harder. For The Girl from Jones Beach, Virginia Mayo put in appearances at ten towns on Long Island's south shore, with receptions by civic dignitaries at every stop. For the opening of Colorado Territory in Denver, she had to ride horseback to the theater through a heavy downpour. ("How," pleaded Virginia, "do you put the top up on a horse?") On the way to Denver, press-agents stopped her train so that she could leave...
...Student Council Committee on Education is trying to figure out why Concentration Dinners sometimes appeal and other times fizzle. Having proved a success in a few Houses they should be encouraged as one of the best ways to bring back the spirit that moved Edward S. Harkness to build the Houses along the River...
...Cliffe Librarian Miss Ruth Porritt will clarify Annex Library rules for '53 in a brief talk. The Class will also hear sophomore president Phobe Crampton '52 appeal to the freshmen to undertake the support of their student DP for another year's study...