Word: graded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hopson experiment was not an unqualified success: the machine picking, less selective than hand methods, produced a poorer grade of cotton. But Business Week reported last week that the saving in labor costs more than made up for the loss in quality...
...pass which the ensign charged was unauthorized, Compton was sent back to the U.S. with his battalion, for leave and reassignment. But on his next detail at Camp Endicott, R.I., he found himself once more bossed by the same young officer, by now a lieutenant, junior grade. The lieutenant promptly began to ride him systematically, said Compton, gave him low marks in attitude and discipline, sent him on 15-mile hikes, imposed unnecessary discipline. When the next quarterly ratings were issued, Compton was found to be "unfit." He was discharged a day later...
...Wrigley's chewing gum except "Orbit" (made from grade-B chicle), and 75% of Beech-Nut production is going to the armed forces...
After V-E day, shipping shortages will leave tens of thousands of unneeded troops temporarily stranded in Europe and Africa. To keep them occupied, the Army this week was rapidly completing plans for an elective educational program (less serious G.I.s have a choice of supervised recreation), including every grade of study from literacy classes to postgraduate seminars...
...Basic unit schools, attached to battalions, will range from sixth grade through second-year college, with special primary classes for illiterates. The curriculum will include vocational courses in mechanical crafts, agriculture, business administration, etc. More than 1,200 such schools will be set up, each big enough to handle between...