Word: pre
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Infantile paralysis is slowly being eradicated from Massachusetts, according to figures compiled by the Harvard Infantile Paralysis Commission. In the 1928 epidemic the Commission, assisted by the State Department of Health, treated some 25 percent of the 500 cases in the pre-paralytic stage, compared with but 10 percent of 1200 cases so treated...
...personages mentioned above are all purely Buddhist in origin, but pre-Buddhist divinities are also well represented in the Buddhist sanctuaries of the present day. The very gods whose worship was denounced as useless or reprehensible by Shakyamuni Buddha occupy important positions in a great number of temples. Brahma, the creator, a purely Indian divinity, is worshipped by many present day Buddhists...
Following as closely as it did President Coolidge's blunt declaration of U. S. independence in Navy-building (TIME, Nov. 19)-a declaration which restored Anglo-American "understanding" to a pre-War mood-the Britten proposal seemed, just possibly, to be a blunt Representative's effort to start all over again, without Presidential prolixity or diplomatic red-tape, and get an elementary subject thoroughly thrashed out between the plain people of two friendly countries...
Prospects for the Freshman indoor crack team are good, especially with the report of several members of the 1932 football squad for the pre-season practices...
Coach Stubbs is faced with the problem of getting a team conditioned by December 12 when the opening game of the season with M. I. T. will take place. Since the team will practice only on Tuesdays and Thursdays this leaves only two more pre-game sessions...