Word: manual
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...university problem is the product of its British heritage. The system that the British colonial rulers inaugurated 125 years ago gave them plenty of English-schooled clerks and civil servants-and gave the aspiring Indian the prestige of a post in which he would never again have to do manual labor. But long after it became apparent that India's crying need was not academic intellectuals but builders, engineers, doctors, technicians and social workers, Indian universities have been dishing out classical education along the old British lines...
Curia cardinals will probably be raised $100 from their present $800 a month; archbishops and bishops from $240-$275 to $265-$335. Pay of manual workers-the blue-overalled sanpietrini-will go from about $82 to about $112, with family allowances sharply up from $8 for a wife and $8 for each child to $16 for a wife and $19.70 per child...
Died. Dr. Abraham Stone, 68, gently persuasive, Russian-born birth-control advocate, who offered premarital counseling to thousands, advised as many others whose marriages were in trouble, by invitation toured India and Russia to lecture on contraceptives, collaborated on books (A Marriage Manual, Planned Parenthood) that became staples of marital advice; of a heart attack; in Manhattan...
...addition, the Veritas group enjoys the cooperation of a small network of research bureaus, newspapers and magazines. Roosevelt serves as President and main financial supporter of The Alliance, Inc., a firm specializing in such publications as "Red Intrigue and Race Turmoil," "Color, Communism, and Common Sense," and "Manual for American Action"--the last written by Roosevelt himself. In addition, at least two New England newspapers--Manchester's Union-Leader and New Bedford's Standard-Times--appear especially sympathetic to Veritas publicity...
...second period, the Crimson began to play the kind of lacrosse it did on the spring trip and in the early stages of the season. The defense tightened up and cleared beautifully, while Manual Cabral and Jerry Pyle each scored one goal. At the half, the varsity trailed...