Word: better
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...looking for allegories. He was in the United States to see what the place was like, to meet the every-day people, to get a fair idea of Western civilization. The Prime Minister of India, which he calls the "Third Power," simply wanted to see if America was better than Russia. That's why he liked the booming Wellesley reception so much; that's why he told the girls: "I don't know what else to say--I shall remember this visit for a long time...
Jerome D. Rapaport '49 is the leader of these nightly squadrons and the executive secretary of the larger Students with Hynes for Better Government group which includes all the activities of the young people who back Hynes. Rapaport was a Dunster House man in his undergraduate days hero, but made his name at the law school by helping to organize the Law School Forum...
This is a good excuse for Columbia to slip in some of the better parts of the original picture, including famous Jolson songs-like "Mammy" and "Swanee...
With the return of lineman John Coan, the Crimson is physically better off than at any previous time since the opening minutes of the Stanford game. But the injuries that have hobbled men week after week mean that the team still is not used to working as a unit, and it is this finesse which Valpey will be seeking during the coming week of practice...
...foreign policy, the record of President-Congress cooperation was much better than on the domestic front. Bipartisan policy was continued this year with the North Atlantic Treaty, the Mutual Assistance Program, and extension of ERP. The Administration succeeded in extending reciprocal trade agreements in spite of strong Republican opposition...