Word: affectioned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...determined not by victory in war or by spacious blueprints but by the stubborn facts of soil, climate, folkways and the local application of intelligence. But educated Southerners consider Dr. Odum himself more than an incident: many believe his big work, Southern Regions of the United States, will affect the South as profoundly as Uncle Tom's Cabin did the North...
...Navy's invasion of the Freshman stronghold will affect the numerous activities of the Union is not yet known with certainty. Formerly the newly admitted Freshmen gathered there for a free feed and welcome speeches by relevant Deans and usually a prominent alumnus. A little later in the year (generally after November hours) they were addressed in the Union by President James B. Conant, who informally set forth his ideas on education to his newest wards. These events will not be held in the summer of course, and whether or not the armed forces will occupy the Union into next...
...Navy V-1 program and the Army Aviation Cadet and Enlisted Reserve Corps plans give students the opportunity for a brief college education, President Conant round "one inherent weakness" in "the fact that educational opportunity is still far from an accomplished fact." Feeling that accident of birth too greatly affect education, and assuming that "there are large numbers of potential officers in each age group who do not now enter college," he stated a desire to keep the most promising students in school and to send them on to college...
...bonuses as well as wages for the duration produced the first floor fight in seven years of Chamber conventions. Lammot du Pont declared: "The point that irks me most is the idea of not being allowed to pay extra compensation for more and better work. A bonus does not affect prices, it reduces the cost." The Chamber also fiercely debated the open shop before demanding legislation to protect...
...raids on Japan, and the threat of more to come, were bound to affect Japan's strategy of local superiority. Now the Japs will have to keep more of their fighters at home. Even more important, the Jap air services have been geared to offensive war. Whenever and wherever they have had to go on the defensive, against anything like effective attackers, they have dismally failed...