Word: begin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From Professor Pound's casual office in the stacks of Langdell Library, word came this term that the 76-year old legal philosopher, dean of the Law School for 20 years, would retire July 1. "It is best to retire before people begin wondering why you don't," he mused, peering over the wall of books that lines his desk on three sides...
...like fashion, today's activities are a prelude to Commencement tomorrow morning. At 9 o'clock tomorrow, special services will begin for the graduating students in Memorial Church and, about a half hour later, the degree candidates will form in front of Thayer Hall to march to their seats in Tercentenary Theater...
Four years ago, in order to save their dwindling industry, they induced the Roosevelt Administration to begin a wool-buying program. The Commodity Credit Corporation bought every pound of domestic wool at a fixed price. But Australia, which is much more efficient at sheep-raising and must sell wool or go bankrupt, sold to U.S. manufacturers at a lower price, in spite of the tariff wall. Combed U.S. wool was priced at $1.20; combed Australian, generally a finer grade, was sold at $1.09, which included 34? tariff. U.S. manufacturers bought Australian wool while U.S. wool piled up in Government warehouses...
...Truman Doctrine was concerned with U.S. opportunities, there were plenty of places to begin. Scandinavia had not sounded any alarm yet (though Russia has tied up Sweden's economy in a five-year trade treaty). The Dutch had not collapsed yet, though they faced a double calamity-loss of Indonesian trade and breakdown of business with Germany. Belgium was a highly bankable risk...
...were a Scandinavian . . ." he writes. "I would begin to believe that now, if ever, is the time for the Great Scandiuavian Renaissance that in its dynamic power will give hope to the whole of Europe...