Word: controlled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Captain Jack Donelan has borne out Coach Dolph Samborski's pre-season prediction that he would be the ace of the hurling staff. He has started and finished four games, winning two, losing one, and trying the season opener, 2 to 2, with MIT. Control has been his strong point...
Spider Webb, John Simonds, and Dusty Cook, his mates on the mound, have also exhibited noteworthy control, but they have not shown up so well against good hitting as Donelan...
Policy-making was left in the hands of an unwieldy group of representatives from undergraduate teams and organizations, the work was done by a group of voteless "associates," while the real control rested with a nine man cabinet. But in spite of its organizational straight-jacket, which the new constitution attempts to do away with, the Key has accomplished an extraordinary amount in its first year. It has been bigger, better, and more active than any other Ivy League Key Society...
...tailored for use against a big land invader, specifically Russia, including jet-driven aircraft, modern artillery, and small arms; the countries receiving the material would probably lump their armed services under a single command such as General Montgomery's brand-new "Uniforce," although the U. S. would retain no control as to the material's final disposition or use. The equipment cost one-and-a-half billion dollars...
...quota limits the amount of a commodity a farmer can market, if he wants to receive subsidy benefits. This method, in effect, gives the farmers monopoly powers. Under the Brannan plan, the quota system would be greatly expanded. This part of the plan has raised the howl of "government control" in Congress. The main argument against the quota system is that it is liable to be abused by the monopolistic groups. On the other hand, quotas give farmers protection that other producers get through tariffs, that industry gets through monopoly agreements, and that labor gets through unions...