Word: firsts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...athletic program was instituted for the first time last year, under Ross's guidance, to provide a competitive athletic program for the large number of freshmen who do not take part in intercollegiate athletics...
...keeping with the strictly economic nature of aid under Point Four, the proposed bill is entitled "International Technical Cooperation Act of 1949," it calls for $35,000,000 the first year, to be used through the U.N. and in direct loans of money and assistance to poor countries throughout the world. Most of the funds would probably be distributed through the U.N.'s Economic and Social Council...
According to Acting Secretary of State James E. Webb, who presented the bill to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, first consideration would be for improvement in health standards, then for teaching better methods in agriculture and industry. Webb argued that Point Four would strengthen the U.N., expand markets for American business, and generally raise living standards throughout the world...
...cameramen have teamed up to make Ivy Films' first motion picture a good...
Though Kirkland lost its first game, it turned in a very creditable performance against Winthrop. The Deacons were able to roll up considerable yardage through the rugged Puritan defense, and its own line yielded only one touchdown...