Word: aid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Following the meeting, the AVC will hold a regular membership meeting in which it will consider action on the much-attacked Veterans Administration Instruction 1A which cuts short all educational aid to veterans who are taking "recreational or avocational" programs...
...electrophrenic respirator, which looks like a small horn radio, is designed to aid patients suffering from bulbar poliomyelitis. In this type of the disease, the phrenic nerve, running from the medulla to the breathing-control muscles of the diaphragm, is unharmed...
...foundation in British policy is laid for offsetting certain dangers." Among the dangers the professor fears are (first) the possible upward spiral of British prices and wages and (second) poor management in the repayment of Britain's wartime sterling liabilities which might thus result in the funnelling up ECA aid through the British economy to outside recipients...
...Another aid to Kiner's hitting is his movie camera and projector. Part of his homework is studying slow-motion pictures of himself at bat, looking for telltale hitches, lunges and hesitations. At the first sign of any break in his smooth-flowing style he goes to work on himself. Unlike most contemporary sluggers, Kiner digs into a wide-legged stance at the plate and takes almost no stride at all as he meets the ball. The usual forward stride, he thinks, is a waste motion and throws a power hitter off balance. To get maximum power into...
...make a start, Oakeshott in 1946 got a promise of financial aid from the local school board and reserved 25 places at slightly reduced fees (?226) for boys from state-financed primary schools. But of the 40 examined, only three could pass the entrance exams, with their emphasis on Latin and Greek. In 1947, 25 were examined and none could pass: Winchester still had to draw its new boys from private primary schools. Last year again no qualified students were found among the state-school applicants. Oakeshott's proposed solution: better education in the government's schools. "Then...