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...present the highest rate of acceleration for a student in Harvard is two years and three months, and a similar period of time is required in the law school. At the Harvard Law School, which as present requires a college degree for admission a minimum of four years and six months would therefore be taken up. It is nevertheless conceivable, Casner said, that a law school which required no LL.B. could give a degree in four years...
...railroads. By feverishly shuttling tank cars across the continent, they have boosted deliveries from pre-Pearl Harbor's 70,000 bbl. daily to a titanic 640,000 bbl.-more than the most optimistic estimates ever made, but not enough. The East needs almost twice that much for minimum essential uses. This minimum includes short rations for most civilians but a full bill of fare for industry, the Army, and restocking badly depleted inventories...
...Installment terms were tightened to a maximum payment period of twelve months (v. 15 months before), a minimum down payment of 33⅓% (with a few exceptions), an absolute minimum of $5 in monthly payments...
...third season opener, the Cambridge Summer Theater has chosen wisely. In the present Kaufman-Hart comedy it has succeeded in getting into the swing of the new season with a minimum of jerkiness and no sign of stiffness in the joints. There is evidence of much pre-season conditioning and careful planing. "George Washington Slept Here" is ideal for adaptation to the intimacy and informality of the summer stage, and the cast takes full advantage of the situation...
...Kuecker gave some figures to help explain this dismal situation. Minimum supplies and equipment for each U.S. soldier landed abroad weigh 15 tons. A Liberty ship loads about 9,000 tons of cargo, or enough for about 600 men. A round-trip Pacific voyage takes 80-odd days...