Word: although
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Urgent Appeal. Although the nation's fighting men were already the highest paid in the world, military pay, particularly for officers, had long lagged behind the civilian level. The result was the first general brass-to-rookie pay boost in 40 years. Some samples: a corporal, who got $42 a month before World War II and now draws $105, will get $132; a master sergeant drawing $157 before the war and $283 now, will get $363 ; majors will move up from $484 to $560; brigadier generals from...
...broad-backed Hippopotamus Rests on his belly in the mud; Although he seems so firm to us He is merely flesh and blood...
...Russians, although not usually inclined to be sympathetic with the frailties of man or hippopotamus, have come to share this insight of Poet T. S. Eliot. As a result, the world last week was the richer by one of the rare instances of East-West cooperation in years, and may soon be richer by one baby hippopotamus...
...confusing second event, a hapless and inexperienced freshman squad galloped around the wrong trails, finally coming up with 41 points to Tufts' 17. The mixup on the trails occurred when flag markers for the varsity course were followed by more than half of the Crimson and Tufts freshmen. Although the distance was then too long for a true freshman course, comparative times determined the scoring...
...freshman squad, although composed mainly of men who have never before competed in cross-country, managed to bunch three finishers after the first four Tufts harriers. First to finish for the Crimson was Goodwin Clark, one of its few veteran runners...