Word: granting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...schools are concerned, Los Angeles is not noted as a city of peace and quiet. Not so long ago, right-wing critics raised such a fuss that the schools dropped a special UNESCO-sponsored study program. Later, Superintendent Alexander Stoddard was forced to turn down a Ford Foundation grant for the recruiting of teachers because the same sort of critics charged that the foundation was following the Communist line...
...first the institute refused to grant the degree, but Lysenko is the institute's head. When his favorite was turned down, said Professor Stankov, Lysenko intervened "with his customary sharpness," condemning Dmitriev's critics as "Weismannists."* On Feb. 20 the institute reconsidered. The degree was granted, and Professor Stankov' denounced the action as "a mockery of Soviet science...
Knowing that the ICC always likes to grant less than asked for, the railroads habitually ask for more than they need. Six months ago, the railroads asked for a 45% increase for carrying first-class mail. But when Postmaster Arthur Summerfield start ed giving more business to planes and buses, the railroads backed down fast, were glad to take a 10% hike. Railroadmen feel that if they could set their own rates and shave them quickly to meet competition, the ICC could concentrate on preventing regional discrimination, stopping cutthroat competition and guarding against shenanigans in railroad management...
...single so-called "Honors House." This building, which he planned to build on the triangle of land formed by Massachusetts Avenue and Quincy Street opposite the Union, would be his testing plant and model for future additions. Fortunately, however, when he applied to the College Education Board for a grant he was turned down, and was still searching for a donor when Harkness appeared, fresh from his rebuff at New Haven...
Next year, however, the group hopes to obtain a money grant from the Athletic Association. "The Association," Hessel says, "is on our side, but I'm not sure whether the University will approve of a grant...