Word: extent
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Eliot carried his elective system to such an extent that in 1886 the B.A. degree was given for passing grades in 18 completely unrelated courses. These rather lax requirements resulted in many students earning their degrees in three rather than four years by taking more than the necessary courses each year and by taking courses in summer school. Although violently opposed by a large part of the faculty, this practice was encouraged by the administration. In 1889 Dean Briggs declared, "We continue to feel the uncompromising notion that college studies are to be counted off as rapidly as possible...
...forecast of a $6 billion bookkeeping deficit. Hence, Eisenhower will have to cut spending $8 billion, at least, and hold off the congressional tax cutters to meet his goal of a balanced budget. If he can roll up a surplus, then taxes will be cut to the extent of the surplus. He thinks it more important to keep up the buying power of the nation by tax reductions than to build up a surplus which could be used to reduce the national debt...
Pollster George Gallup's pollsters asked the public, "Which branch of the armed services do you think should be built up to a greater extent-the Army, Air Force or Navy?" The answers: Air Force, 54%; Army, 11%; Navy, 8%; no opinion, 20%; more than...
...week's end Prime Minister Nehru, responding perhaps as much to the violence as to Sriramulu's nonviolence, announced that his government had decided to establish Andhra state. But he still refused to include Madras city. To that extent, Potti Sriramulu of Madras city had died in vain...
...colonial standards, British rule in WestAfrica is very enlightened," he said; French policy, to a lesser extent. West Africa, divided into a number of British and French colonies, has bred many powerful nationalistic movements...