Word: pre-war
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Jordan said, "We ought to work out some system on this substitution rule." He recalled pre-war days, before the two-platoon system had become popular. At that time, a man could not return to play in the game quarter once he was taken out. "It worked out all right then," Jordan added...
...Yard is not back to the pre-war luxurious pattern, when two men occupied space that was later to be filled comfortably by four. Weeks said that there is no real pattern to the number of men in similar suites this year. Instead the office has been "uncrowding hardship cases"--a suite that is actually smaller than its apparent twin, next door...
...handing out purse-popping awards in accident cases. Accidents are growing because there are more cars on the road, and too many motorists are driving too fast and too carelessly. The cost of car repairs has also shot up, and new cars are more difficult to fix than pre-war models. For example, to replace a front fender on a 1940 Chevrolet cost $18.80 for parts and labor ten years ago; the same job on last year's model costs $42.50. As a result, in spite of six rate increases in the last seven years, casualty companies are already...
Memories of pre-war days influenced the design of the circular trays, Heaman said. During this, period, students ate off plates and were served by waitresses. The high cost of food and labor makes a return to those days impossible...
Whatever the reasons, Harvard simply had not geared itself to the surge of alumni activity by other colleges, and it even found itself facing possible loss of its pre-war balance. The Provost's 1946-47 Bulletin articles pointed to the fact that many, many applications were "running to type," and he warned...