Word: post-war
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Flanked by fellow-diggers Bruce Bowe and Hugh Hencken. Carlton S. Coon, professor of Anthropology, holds up a bone from an ox that roamed the prairies 150,000 years ago. The three are members of the first post-war expedition of the American School of Prehistoric Research, just returned from Tangler...
...really moved by your help," writes Janina Grzankowska, a Polish medical student. "I only wish I could show you clearly what your dollars mean here in milk, potatoes, fats." After describing post-war university life, she adds, "but we hold to our resolution to become worthy successors of those who have died with Poland's name on their lips...
...Post-war French influence...
...factors have forced this move: a general depletion of alumni aid, and a disappearance of HAA assistance. The alumni contribution has declined because the Band is no longer a glamorous post-war novelty, and though its marching and music are just as bright, its faddish aspect has worn off. The HAA support has fallen from $2000 in 1946 to twice at all for next year. A meagre turnout for the Virginia concert, and a University disapproval of a commercially-sponsored summer tour, point to University Hall as the only...
...worse is the plight of the men who offered to redouble their rooms; their sacrificing spirit is costing them money as well as comfort. To take an example, the base rent of an average triple is $125 and of a double $175. Assuming both suite have four post-war occupants, and that $40 is added for each extra man, simple arithmetic shows the men in the doubled suite are paying five dollars more. In other words, it is more expensive for four men to live in a double suite than in a triple. Four hundred undergraduates are victims of this...