Word: contrasting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Beneath the confusion of indefinite statements and competitive bidding, the Army and Navy's blueprints for the utilization of the country's colleges in wartime present what is essentially an unavoidable contrast in purpose as well as in provisions. Properly coordinated by the War Man-power Commission and executed by the trainees, they can still provide the long-sought solution to the national quandary of how colleges can best serve in a nation...
...reporting the activities of the January QM graduates. Even at this early date, indications are that the former ROTC cadets are finding themselves at no little advantage by reason of their "B School" training. However, the rigors and routine of Army life have been found to be in sharp contrast to the relative freedom enjoyed in their days of graduate work here...
Company 1 Midshipmen who came from Northwestern can be distinguished from their brothers of Company 2 by several articles of uniform. Their visor caps and raincoats are quite a contrast to the "Oversea's" caps and bridge coats of the men from Columbia. But the really distinctive feature of their uniform is that, for the most part, they have only one pair of trousers...
...were a Negro, I would be thankful for my heritage, for the traditions of my people, for a culture which presents such a hopeful contrast to the artificial and material elements now dominant in our modern civilization. . . . Above all, I would be grateful for that inherited spiritual strength, fashioned in the crucible of persecution and suffering. ... I would participate to my fullest strength in the war effort ... the one hope of true equality for all people everywhere. Nor would I be disheartened by the words and actions of those, who, while paying lip service to democratic ideals, make of democracy...
Despite the uproar, Morgan, Stanley calmly advertised the issue, sold the bonds at 97½ subject to ICC approval. This was a nice contrast to Erie's September 1941 financing, when three underwriters scrapped for the issue. The winning underwriter then offered the bonds at 102½, took a drubbing because the price sagged seven points during the offering period...