Word: offerings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...then there is the complication that exam period or ablate data can offer. Both of these distractions have the same general effect; to wit, they dim the scribble's unflinching regard for detailed research and careful analysis, reducing him to what sometimes borders on wild guesswork...
...because of rising expenses, "when the last veteran leaves, Harvard will be able to offer less scholarship aid, in real terms, than before...
Discussions are continuing between the employee representatives and University officials concerning raises for guards and maintenance mechanies. A University offer was rejected last week as unsatisfactory by employees. No decision has been reached is negotiations between the RAA and its employees...
...commandants of the three Western powers pitched in to help the Russians get an agreement. The strikers are demanding all of their pay in West marks because most of them live and work in the Western sectors. The Russians, who control the entire city rail transit system, have offered 60% of the workers' pay in West marks. Last week Ernst Reuter, Socialist Mayor of (West) Berlin, appeared at a strike meeting and offered to add 15% from city funds to the Russian offer. He told the strikers that the U.S., British and French commandants wanted them to accept...
Mosquitoes & Poison Ivy. Did the years ahead, then, offer no contentment? Certainly not, said Novelist John P. Marquand at Massachusetts' Governor Dummer Academy-and a good thing, too. "I have observed," said he, "a number of superficially contented men and women . . . and I maintain they are dangerous. Personally, I am glad to say there are a lot of things today with which I am not contented ... I am not contented with the road system in Newbury . . . nor do I like the control of mosquitoes ... I am not contented with the Boston & Maine Railroad . . . nor do I like...