Word: diminishes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although the Committee sent out 1800 freshman acceptances, Gummere expects this to diminish to the prescribed 1150 men by September. He gave three reasons for this reduction...
...extraordinary effect Sheen has on people: "When one is with Sheen, one has the feeling of being important. Obviously he is a man .who knows how to modulate his voice, raise his eyebrows, use his hands, turn on or off any emotion he wishes. But that does not diminish the quality of honest conviction he has. When you look at him, you think: 'Here is a man with an answer. He accomplishes ten times as much work as any businessman on Madison Avenue. He's no cloistered mystic-he's an executive, a writer, an editor...
Dana M. Doten '29, Publication Agent, couldn't estimate the total amount thus saved, because each department is billed separately. Since many students take both a "Preliminary" and "final" catalog, the committee hopes to diminish the expense of giving out a total of over 15,000 copies. Hickman pointed out that the change would give departments more time to plan courses and personnel...
...days by the British, he had become by 1948 their staunch friend and a worthy foe of the Communists. He had led Ceylon's 7,000,000 people to independence without bloodshed, and he became the new dominion's first Prime Minister. Working to end corruption and diminish poverty, he became known as "the Abraham Lincoln of the East...
Housemaster Elliott Perkins '23 tries to diminish the gap between student and tutor. Both the House Committee and the tutors participate in running the House, and the latter' regular Wednesday lunch witt Perkins is almost unique in the house system...