Word: instead
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then came the formal opening of the White House season. Instead of a massive state dinner, Mrs. Truman chose to entertain at two teas, one at 4 and one at 5 p.m. All members of Congress (and their wives) were invited whose surnames begin with A, B & C (the others will be asked in turn). Ike Eisenhower dropped in, grinned that he had not expected his first day as Chief of Staff to include a party...
...Instead of 20 minutes, the Signal Corps took eight hours and 28 minutes to get the message to Short (by commercial cable instead of Army radio). Nobody had bothered to check up on the Signal Corps; the General Staff took for granted that the message was going full speed ahead...
...cultural self-consciousness of prewar years was almost gone. U.S. artists were concentrating more on nature, and on themselves. Instead of the sterilized barnyards of "American Scene" art, there were carefully detailed, out-of-the-way beauties. Instead of hoggish politicians and slack-breasted shopgirls, there were powerfully expressionistic symbols of luxury-with the sting left out-such as Josef Scharl's rich, melancholy Babylonia...
...December 1946. This time, besides the 32 regular scholarships, there will be 32 more for those who have seen war service (in the armed forces, war plants, or any jobs for which draft boards have granted deferments). Added scholars, unlike regular ones, may be married, over 25 and sophomores instead of juniors. The $2,000 a year which scholars get will probably be raised, to offset higher living costs...
Last week came news that the wish was granted. Instead of one, there will be five centers with a capacity of 200 to 300 each - at Boston. Richmond, Chicago, Los Angeles and a yet unnamed place in the South. The Army will run them at first, eventually turn them over...