Word: option
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...answer, the committee points out that if students were given the option of eating 14 meals in the dining halls each week, the basic charge would have to be increased...
...Dramatic Club, which had option on the play, felt that it was too good for a non-professional group to handle...
...there were two home plates, 22 yards apart and facing each other. The method of scoring is simple, but experience has shown that the American public is singularly dense on this subject, so I will write with care. After the batsman has hit the ball, he has the option of running up to the bowler's end while the batsman there runs down to take his place. Each completed exchange scores a run; on a good hit the batsmen often score two or three runs. The key thing is that the batsmen have a choice, and do not have...
...removed its ban on first year men. He speculated that the Big Ten's action may cause the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (of which Harvard is a member) to review its recent action. The E.C.A.C., at its last meeting, voted to allow certain small member colleges the option to play freshmen next year. The Ivy Group, however, is known to oppose the measure in principle and whether it would go along with the E.C.A.C. if that body decides to vote general freshman eligibility is highly doubtful...
There was, for example, one incomprehensible deal involving what he called "one-half interest in the down payment on the option of $100,000." Then he mentioned an outfit called the Rialb Corp. "What is that?" asked Fulbright. "That," said Rosenbaum pleasantly, "is Blair spelled backwards." Fulbright, with a gesture that got to be common during the week, shut off the witness and exclaimed: "It's too complicated for us ... It's beyond my comprehension...