Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Because of the Council's lack of a democratic base, it not only cannot presume to speak for all undergraduates, but tends to dismiss problems other than those dealing with policy as beneath its consideration. In the next two years, undergraduates are going to be faced with the problem of overcrowding, of incorporating married veterans into the life of the College, and of the eternal pocketbook. The only medium through which students will be able to demand and obtain action is through a Council sensitively alert to their problems and eligible to speak for them. The only way such...
...week's end, when the Williamsburg moved into Narragansett Bay, he was sporting a two-day beard. He had a second sensation in reserve. When the yacht tied up at the Quonset (R.I.) Naval Air Base, he broke out a cap which made shoreside loiterers blink-a white creation with a wide bill and a billowy crown which flopped like a tam-o'-shanter. Thus arrayed he was driven to the Plum Beach home of his new naval aide, Captain James H. Foskett, where he contentedly attacked a heaping dinner of ham and chicken...
...flunked the batting test. Afield he showed a minor talent, too. His aim was erratic and he had to be moved from shortstop to second base for the easier peg to first. All he seemed to have was dazzling speed on the bases and a modest, earnest attitude that quickly put him in solid with his white Montreal teammates...
...sunk $792,985 in the airfield, which has two swimming pools on its 180 acres. It was knocked down to the Institute for $407,000 less a "100% discount" (i.e., for nothing). The War Assets Administration has sold 60 war surplus properties this way. Samples: Willow Run Air Base to the University of Michigan, the Bendix Aviation Corp. plant in Philadelphia to Temple University...
Terms of the agreement: 1) a base price of 62½? a lb.; 2) a retroactive bonus of 1? a lb. from Jan. 1 through June 30 and 3? a lb. from July until the end of the year, provided annual production exceeds 17,600 long tons...