Word: gens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of Selective Service, said yesterday that defense mobilization officials are studying proposed changes to tighten draft deferments for college students...
...capital ism, the rich boy sometimes seems to have less chance of success than the poor boy. Americans build fortunes, but sel dom dynasties. And enough fortunes have been wasted away by the sons of rich men to give truth to the saying: "From shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three gen erations." No one had a better chance to make this saying come true again than the Ford brothers, Henry, Benson and William, grandsons of the unpredictable, profound ly radical genius who began the age of mass production and created a billion-dollar empire out of a simple idea...
After these basic requirements have been filled the concentrator can go on to take advanced courses in any department of the physical sciences--Applied Sciences, Astronomy, Chemistry, Geology, Mineralogy, Mathematics, and Physics. Certain courses in Architectural Sciences, some upper group Natural Science Gen. Ed. courses, and Philosophy 140 may also be offered for concentration. Fourteen half courses are required...
...reason for the higher percentage of sophomore's was last year's institution of General Education Ahf, which drew strong complaints from one-third of the class. English A, the composition course offered before the start of Gen. Ed. Ahf, was not criticized nearly as much by seniors...
Biddle, a Democrat, made the demand in a letter to Atty. Gen. Brownell. The letter was signed by Biddle as national chairman of Americans for Democratic Action, and by Robert R. Nathan, chairman of ADA's Executive Committee...