Word: almost
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Quinta, Calif, desert home of his friend George Allen, the President of the U.S. clearly hated to leave. Invited back to California by Democratic Governor Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown, Dwight Eisenhower thought of the duties that face him for the rest of his term of office, said almost wistfully: "Maybe I will, after 15 months." But Ike had to get back to Washington. There was plenty...
Benham, the Lions' 5 ft., 8 in. quarterback, tried a short pass, which was almost intercepted by Harvard captain Ted Metropoulos but merely fell incomplete. Thus reprieved, Benham went to the air again, heaving a pass from his own 31 to the Harvard 33. Since everyone in New York's Baker Field was expecting a pass, Crimson safety man Matt Botsford was in position to deflect the ball. Deflect it he did--right into the hands of Spraker on the 25--and the Lion halfback covered the last 25 yards without a hand laid...
Pressed today as never before by the rising costs of buildings, a shortage of competent teachers, and inability to pay those who are available a decent wage, schools have sought almost desperately to break through the barriers imposed by the traditional school year. Starting with summer sessions in schools and colleges, the last two decades have seen a series of imaginative studies of the entire problem of the academic schedule. Somewhat to the disappointment of professional educators, many of the experiments have failed, and many of the study reports have been essentially negative in their recommendations...
...other studies have been made, however, which promise to have far greater effects: one because it is almost a definitive case against the four-quarter program; the other because it led to concrete action which represents a step toward full-time use of a college...
...days may not be an unreasonable time for the H.A.A. to work on the mammoth task of allocating by class almost 3000 places at the Stadium. It should of course, make every effort to increase the efficiency with which it handles applications. But for the absent-minded who, memories beclouded by paper deadlines and tutorial appointments, miss the brief eight-hour interval on Wednesdays, student tickets should be available until game time, simply on presentation of bursar's card and coupon...