Word: although
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...turn of the century when the railroads were the only efficient means of transportation--the management must work under severe limitations. The ICC must approve changes in fares or in service; many a money-losing branch line still exists only through the grace of the Commission. And although the Transportation Act of 1958 supposedly gave the railroads a greater degree of freedom, the government still exercises a degree of control unparalleled in any other major industry...
...eventual settlement of the strike may come through compulsory arbitration by the government, according to Professor Charles R. Cherington, who often acts as a consultant in railroad disputes. Although railways carry only 50 per cent of the nation's freight now, this is a significant half which must move to keep the national economy from halting completely. Cherington does deem the management demand for complete overhaul of work rules "extreme," and proposes instead a renegotiation of individual jobs...
...freshman intramurals, the only '63 dorm team to oppose Yale was chosen yesterday, although Weld South and Grays Hall battled to a 0-0 tie in touch football. Grays was elected to face the Yale freshman dorm champions because of its 7-6 win over Matthews North, which Weld tied. Grays nearly won the Weld game yesterday in the second period when a pass over the goal line failed because the receiver was beyond the end zone...
...CRIMSON, of course, had to carp somewhat. "J.B. is probably neither great poetry nor great poetic drama," wrote a tough-minded member of the Editorial Board--"although it is good enough in both respects. What it mainly offers for the modern reader is a literate statement of philosophy which finds the middle ground between religious panacea and existentialist despair." This "middle ground" was explained as the fact that "J.B. forgives God. This is not the tragedian's agnosticism or the atheist's bland facility--MacLeish has added to the stature of man at the expense...
...result, the Committee has been forced to recognize that although a Faculty study of tutorial is valuable, any changes in the present system are largely up to the departments themselves...