Word: furtherance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Over 3200 undergraduates at colleges in all regions of the country have participated thus far in the Army test to set up standards for veterans wishing further education. At none of the four tests did attendance sink below the 2500 mark.
While Professor Marks points to the amazing impetus which war research has given to scientific progress and cites the "extensive possibilities" which could render further wars disastrous to humanity, he voices irritation at highly colored press representation of technological advance.
EAM's Central Committee called a general strike. Said Premier Papandreou: "The extreme left wing is preparing the way for civil war." Hurriedly, Papandreou's Cabinet, minus six resigned EAM members, met, talked of forming a new government to avert further bloodshed.
In two Chicago Heights, Ill., newspapers for the past three weeks has appeared the following classified advertisement: "LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN-Several hundred church members ranging in practically all ages. Anyone contributing to return of same will be handsomely rewarded. No questions will be asked if the returned is willing...
Thus, by this week, everybody under the State Department's grey, gabled eaves knew that there was indeed a new man at the helm. But Ed Stettinius had only begun. Further changes "strengthening the Department" were promised.