Word: columbia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other hand, Van Doren's come-clean statement struck some highly sensitive and sympathetic nerves. When NBC sacked him from his $50,000 post, more than 700 letters poured into the network, 5 to 1 in favor of Van Doren. When Columbia University "accepted his resignation" as an assistant professor of English, hundreds of students held a rally for him. (But one leaned out of a dorm window and cried, "Hey, Charlie's going to be in the quad tomorrow to give out the answers to the Comparative Lit exam.") Officials of several colleges hinted that they would...
...from North Dakota (since 1940); in Washington. A harddriving, hell-raising nonconformist who chewed unlighted cigars in their cellophane wrappers, baffled poll takers and battled all the harder when downed by defeat. "Wild Bill'' Langer was a hired farm hand at 15, a lawyer at 20, a Columbia University liberal arts graduate at 24, a county prosecutor at 28. Defeated for Governor in 1920 and for attorney general in 1928, he ran again in 1932, won the governorship, then got nabbed for conspiracy (forcing federal workers to contribute to his campaign) and was jailed. He defied the court...
...return for the jobs, the Council and other groups around the country who are taking part in the exchange must find positions for an equal number of European students. Other participants include Yale and Columbia...
...Mouse That Roared (Highroad; Columbia). One day at the height of the silly season, H.R.H. the Grand Duchess Gloriana XII of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick graciously declares that a state of war exists between Grand Fenwick and the United States of America. When the declaration is delivered to the U.S. Department of State, the only reaction it gets is a tired snicker from a bored bureaucrat: "Those guys in the pressroom. All the time making jokes." After all, Grand Fenwick is the smallest independent country in the world, a few square miles left over from the Middle
...subcommittee recessed until next month after hearing Dr. Frank Stanton, president of the Columbia Broadcasting System, say there is always the danger of connivance in high-stake quiz shows...