Word: earned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Robert Hutchins resigned as Chancellor of the University of Chicago in 1951, his successor was expected to make some changes. But no one expected Lawrence Kimpton to repeal Hutchins' revolutionary notion that a student could earn his bachelor's degree by the end of the traditional sophomore year. Then, two months ago, the university began to do just that: for its new B.S., Philosopher Kimpton set up a four-year program just "as in other colleges" (TIME, March 23). Last week the faculty Senate Council, which controls academic policy, made the job complete. Beginning in 1954, said...
...through Gandhi's death, Bhave remained in obscurity, except for occasional newspaper articles carrying his strictures against money. To Bhave, money "tells lies and is like a loafing tramp." For a medium of exchange he favored scrip, showing the number of hours a person had worked to earn...
Crimson ruggers emerged from Easter vacation competition in Bermuda with only one loss, to a British Navy team called the Wanderers. The Wanderers went on to crush both Yale and Montreal's Westmount club, and earn the reputation in Bermuda papers of being "the finest team ever to play in Bermuda or the United States...
...operation due to high fuel consumption and limited weight-carrying capacity." U.S. overseas carriers, who must com pete with state-subsidized airlines, may be forced to buy jets for competitive reasons of prestige, said Smith. But the domestic industry will not be likely to adopt a plane that cannot earn its keep. Actually, he said, the next major step in U.S. transport will be to turboprop planes, which use the jet blast to turn propellers. Since the armed forces are now paying for development of several turboprop transports, Smith said, "there should be available within a few years turboprop power...
...expression, it has dignity and great selling value for freedom and is worth its annual bill of 3.1 million. To end either the native or U.S. publications because they sometimes offend McCarthy would weaken German opinion of democracy. Every dictator tries first to stifle the press, and America would earn a title close to "dictator" by withdrawing financial props from publications for exercising free speech within...