Word: expand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Under consideration was a bill to spend more than a quarter of a billion dollars to expand by 16,000 beds the hospital facilities of the Veterans Administration. The expenditure, which Congress had authorized last year, had been rejected by Harry Truman on the grounds of economy and common sense. The VA itself said that: 1) it did not need 16,000 new beds, 2) the actual cost of the new program would be closer to $279 million than to the $237 million in the bill and 3) the VA did not have the medical personnel to staff...
...decreased enrollment in the field of Economics has encouraged it to expand tutorial next year. In 1948 there were 748 students concentrating in Economics; in 1949 there were 640. This year the enrollment dropped to 460. An even smaller number is expected next year, since this year's freshman class is considerably smaller than the graduating senior class...
...essays except the last display a verse style that is as sparkling as it is smooth, and as stimulating as it is comprehensive. After thirty years of criticizing the colossus of mechanized society, Mr. Huxley can still expand his thesis delightfully...
Quick Recovery. Instead of wailing over the 1935 utility "death sentence," Jones saw it as a chance to sell the power companies for a profit and expand Cities Service's oil and gas operations. He plowed earnings back into paying off the mountain of debt, cut it in half. By World War II, his reputation was such that the U.S. grabbed him to boss the building of the $143 million Big and Little Inch pipelines. When the Government wanted an aviation gasoline refinery in a hurry, it lent Cities Service the money to build a $75 million...
Dean Bender will head a reconstituted committee which will coordinate all student financial aid machinery, the College announced yesterday. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted Tuesday to expand the present Scholarship Committee to include jobs, beneficiary aid, and loans...