Word: adopted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...artillery of the 24th Infantry Division has instituted an "Adopt-an-Orphan" plan in which pictures of individual orphans are posted in G.I. chapels and clubs for soldiers to "adopt" for $5. All the orphans in one orphanage have been adopt-"fathers" send them presents take them to an occasional movie...
...story noted that Alger Hiss had been elected to the Law Review, and registration figures showed that the class had dwindled to 601 men. The Corporation decided that non-scientific courses could adopt the reading period plan. The plan, left to the discretion of the instructor, called for a cessation of classes two weeks before the final ones, so that students could study special assignments in the libraries...
...certainly should never adopt a solution that 'at least our own conscience told us was unfair to South Korea...
Smith, boss of the biggest U.S. airline,* this week threw cold water on the idea that U.S. domestic carriers will soon adopt jet transports such as the British Comet...
...suited for very long-range operation due to high fuel consumption and limited weight-carrying capacity." U.S. overseas carriers, who must com pete with state-subsidized airlines, may be forced to buy jets for competitive reasons of prestige, said Smith. But the domestic industry will not be likely to adopt a plane that cannot earn its keep. Actually, he said, the next major step in U.S. transport will be to turboprop planes, which use the jet blast to turn propellers. Since the armed forces are now paying for development of several turboprop transports, Smith said, "there should be available within...