Word: bille
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Congressmen will soon have a chance to get their paws on an Administration bill to pass out $300,000,000 to the nation's public schools. Although supporters of this aid to education are reasonably confident that the House and Senate will agree with the measure, they are also understandably nervous. For the last 30 years, the national legislature has consistently batted down so-called "general-aid" education bills, although it has approved such specific programs as land-grant colleges and funds for vocational training...
...varsity will use six of its regular players for the match, with the addition of Scott Lukins for the first time this year. Lukins played on last year's freshman team and has broken 80 on the Dedham home course. The other Crimson players will be Bill Rickenbacker, Bob Matson, Jack Denton, Dick O'Keefe, Herb Mee, and Sam Seager...
After a lone run in the third inning on Charlie Cabot's single, the freshmen brought nine men to the plate in the fourth to collect four runs on one-baggers by Bill Hickey, Tim Wise, and Win Carduff...
...Pitcher Bill Voiselle batted .097 last year, quite a disappointment to the big man. He wanted his average one point lower, to match both the number on his back and his home town, Ninety...
Most of these laws are being repealed. Nine states got rid of anti-margarine legislation during the last two years; the Senate has a bill before it now to kill the Federal oleo tax. It has been a hard and unusual fight. A recent House measure wanted to give oleo an attractive deep Sunkist orange hue. An eminent lobbyist has stated that yellow is "butter's own color," and that if margarine makers wanted a color they could damn well dye their stuff green. The oleo-makers retaliated to this with a barrage of bright yellow advertisements. One southerner fought...