Word: perlis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When Argentina asked for more arms last summer, the Army's authority to sell at bargain prices had already expired. Thereupon Argentina made a deal to buy $7,000,000 worth of U.S.-made arms at current cost, but the dollar-shy Perón government has so far been able to pick up only $1,800,000 worth of the order. Since the Argentine deal was made, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Peru and Uruguay have all tried to buy in the U.S. market. Their orders have not been big enough for U.S. manufacturers to start...
...chances for profit looked good. In three years, air freight has grown from virtually nothing to more than 115 million ton-miles last year. The potential amount of U.S. air freight, said CAB last week, is more than one billion ton-miles per year, or more than eight times as much as all airlines are now hauling. The cargo lines had promised they would develop the business if given the chance. Now it was up to them to make good...
Although the base rate for all College rooms will remain the same during the coming year, individual students will have to pay more per capita in cases where the total number of occupants in a suite is reduced...
This is because when extra men were placed in rooms during the post-war housing crush, the rate per persons was reduced below its original price. Now, with a return to normal rooming conditions, the old per capita rate goes back into effect...
...course, the College wished to expand its number of scholarship awards. We would like to increase our awards to freshmen from 20 to 25 per cent of each entering class, and also to increase the aid that we can give to upperclassmen. And toward this objective we are laying long-range plans which will require the increase in scholarship endowments as well as more effective use of loans and employment...