Word: adoptive
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Effective next Monday morning all University Dining Halls will adopt a new ruling under which an additional charge will be made for every extra order and second meal in accordance with a special price list which will be printed on the backs of the menus...
...fellow Republicans, no one in the U.S. sees these things with a sicker or more weary heart than I do. Others say, 'Since you recognize these things, do you not want the Republicans to adopt similar methods?' My plea is: 'Don't do it under any circumstances. Don't do it because this country is at war. Don't do it because freedom is at stake...
...said President Conant in his recent Annual Report, and it was the most important, though not the most original statement that he made. If educators in general adopt this antithesis of "business as usual," a good deal of time and energy will be saved. In most colleges definite conflicts will appear between "standards" and defense. There can be no question as to the choice. The colleges, certainly, must be the watchdogs of cultural values, and no needless sacrifices should be made. But on the other hand the scholar cannot in any way block an all-out war effort...
...House rejected Burt Wheeler's Senate bill, authorizing the President to set clocks forward or back one hour or two hours, at his discretion. The House bill, which Senate conferees are expected to adopt this week, provides that all clocks will be set ahead uniformly one hour...
...enlisting in the course may not choose whether they will seek commissions as Deck or Engineering Officers, but must allow the Navy to make this decision after appraising the abilities of each individual. Furthermore, college men enrolled in V-7 and delaying active duty until graduation, who wish to adopt the accelerated college program, are advised to do so next summer rather than taking an advance V-7 course, and they will be inducted into the regular course as soon as they can receive their degree...