Word: groups
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...proposal more favorable to the City's tax structure than the University offer appeared in April, 1959. At that time, a group of Philadelphia insurance companies declared their interest in erecting a $50 million apartment house on the site. Although this venture would have brought the entire disputed area under taxation, it eventually fell through...
...Roquefort Association is not a gourmet society. It is the organizer of a volunteer group of private eyes made up of cheese importers, distributors and salesmen. They keep a constant lookout in restaurants and stores to see that no waiter palms off less than true blue Roquefort. Genuine Roquefort is a trademarked blue cheese made from ewe's milk and aged in caves near Roquefort, France. The association's amateur sleuths inspect grocery counters, sample Roquefort salad dressing in restaurants, keep a sharp nose to customs lists of cheese imports...
...Orchestra started off their season brilliantly yesterday evening at Sanders Theatre. An unusually large crowd listened raptly as the orchestra handled piece after piece with enthusiasm and exemplary technical mastery. It is quite clear from this showing that Mr. Lazar has been more than an excellent trainer for the group. He has also been a near inspirational leader...
Earlier, Princeton had opened a new "social quadrangle," suspiciously like a Harvard House (though the term was studiously avoided)--a group of dormitories, a central dining hall (in place of the traditional eating clubs), a library, and social facilities. Academically, the faculty approved a two-week reading period at the end of each term for independent thinking, reading, and writing-something Harvard has had for more than a decade. Moreover, contrary to the students' Republicanism, 72 per cent of the faculty voted pro-Kennedy, following, perhaps, the example of the very liberal Harvard faculty...
...controversial speaker was scarcely disturbed by a barrage of eggs thrown from the rear balcony during the question period. After a group of college students shot out of the auditorium, the moderator, with amazing aplomb, called the meeting to order. Mrs. Douglas quipped. "Just eggs? I thought they were light bulbs," and continued to criticize President Eisenhower as freely as before...