Word: grading
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...anybody else were the Ten Million Americans Mobilizing for Justice (TIME, Nov. 29), whose efforts on Joe's behalf continued apace. Last week T.M.A.M.J. announced that it would take some ten days for a Manhattan accounting firm to tally the names on anti-censure petitions. Boys of grade-school age waved the Ten Million's petitions on New York sidewalks, and a Catholic parent wrote New York's Cardinal Spellman complaining that a nun in a Tuckahoe parochial school was soliciting signatures from fifth-grade pupils...
Russian Reservations. The U.S.'s princely package means 220 Ibs. of atomically active U-235-The actual bulk delivered might be much more, since U-235 is mixed with other uranium in various concentrations depending on its intended use. None would be "weapon-grade," i.e., concentrated enough for bombs, and the quantity, when divvied up, was less than a large power reactor would require. But it was enough to run an estimated 30 to 40 research reactors in as many countries. Said Lodge pointedly: "I hope this will once and for all remove from the minds...
...public is learning what dedicated sportsmen have been saying for years: that Saturday's college boys play a game, while Sunday's pros practice a high and violent art. After half a century of trying to capture the fans' fancy, pro football has finally made the grade...
...last week's convention in Los Angeles, the U.S. Savings & Loan League laid out a program for Government action. The members, now legally restricted to investing in Government bonds and home mortgages, want permission to invest in certain high-grade corporate stocks. They want permission to make loans up to 90% of appraised value (v. the 80% allowed now), and to extend their loan period from 20 to 25 years. That would mean a $10,000 house could be bought for only $61.41 a month v. the current...
What aroused Deetz was the fact that the law almost put him out of business. At his small dairy farm, he sold Grade A quality milk at 16 cents under prevailing prices to customers who called with their own gallon jugs. Last year the Milk Marketing Administration told him to stop and hauled him into court because he was selling milk below minimum retail prices. Says Deetz: "I just had to fight...