Word: midyear
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Louis' midyear commencement last week, stubby little Professor Klausner stood with bowed head while Father Paul C. Reinert, university president, placed on his shoulders the black and purple hood of a Doctor of Laws. It was the first time in the school's 132-year history that a faculty member had been thus honored, the ninth time in a half century that St. Louis University had granted an honorary degree to anyone. (Among previous recipients: Marshal Foch, Belgium's Cardinal Mercier, Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, now Pius XII.) "He has been more than a teacher," read the citation...
With student forward Bill Garrity and first-string defenseman Algie Allen graduated at midyear, Crimson Coach John Chase has widely revamped his team for tonight's contest. Three completely new line combinations as well as two new defensemen will play tonight...
Both forward Bill Garrity and defense man Algie Allen were graduated at midyear, and the loss of those two men, along with defense man Steve Howe, has left big gaps. Garrity was leading the squad in goals scored (13), and Allen was first-string left defense...
...Blind Man. It wasn't. By midyear, production had dropped 17% but it also seemed, at last, to have found a solid footing. And the "recession," it seemed, had at least in part been caused by a great miscalculation. U.S. businessmen, roaring mad at those who had underestimated the ability of U.S. production to lick inflation, had made a similar mistake themselves. They had underestimated the appetite of U.S. citizens to consume. At the year's start, the supply of goods on hand and in the pipelines seemed enormous-$58.5 billion worth, enough to last...
...than three times as fast, the U.S. was soon using up far more than it was producing. Then deep price cuts in such big consumer items as clothing brought even the most reluctant customers hustling back with wallets in hand. On top of that, consumption got a few healthy midyear boosts...