Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usually around go sign up; after the first couple of lessons about a third drop out. Those who survive the first shock of culture generally stay with it. Chicago, which began with one class a year ago, now has 31 classes, will jump to 70 next year. Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland, with one class each now, plan to expand to 30 apiece...
...humiliation he had suffered at the hands of Lewis and the brotherhoods' Alexander Whitney and Alvanley Johnston. The nation's economy could not stand many more such paralyzing strikes. Harry Truman and Congress had let things drift so far that there was nothing to do but drop a legislative atomic bomb...
...Gallup poll, Harold E. Stassen's standing moved up among rank & file Republicans who want him as their candidate in 1948. He was now favored by 34%, more than double a year ago. Tom Dewey still led with 35%-a 24-point drop from his 59% standing...
...when Ala told how Russian Ambassador Ivan Sadchikov, acting as a "friendly mediator," had urged Premier Ahmed Gavam to grant the Azerbaijan autonomists' demands. Said Ala quietly: "That, to my mind, is an interference." Said Stettinius: "I believe more than ever that it would be a mistake to drop the case. . . ." The Council agreed. But Russian-sponsored rebels continued to hold Azerbaijan...
Hidden expenses for temporary housing will drop out when the University has to tear down the six-family units already erected and proposed Quonset huts, in accordance with city ordinances, Reynolds stated...