Word: present
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...present one-hour limit on side streets doesn't give the average shopper enough time to make all his purchases without coming back to renew the meter," Dow explained. A two-hour limit might also attract new customers to Square stores, since it would be possible for them to park their cars a few blocks away and make all their purchases within the meter time-limit, he added...
...businessmen have not suggested a fee for the new meters, but a Cambridge traffic authority said last night that if the two-hour meters are installed, the regular charge of five cents an hour will probably not be changed. At the present there are no two-hour meters in Cambridge...
...almost certain that another Taft bill would have little trouble in the present Congress. And it's almost as certain that future legislation could go farther than last year's proposal. It all depends on how hard the Administration and other Democratic big-wigs push. The budget provides room for 300 million dollars and one million for a survey of colleges to find out the "most practical means of providing additional opportunities for capable young people who could not otherwise afford a college or university education...
...season was Jean Pierre Aumont's "L'Empereur de Chine" in which the author also appeared and directed. Now translated and adapted by one of our most successful playwrights, Philip Barry, and given a new title, "Figure of a Girl," it is an interesting play to see, and the present production contains some really enjoyable acting. But as a play it is no great shakes...
...match at Columbia will be the Crimson's final engagement this term and will be the last college wrestling match for Captain Dan Ray and Don Louria, who graduate next month. The Lions should not present too formidable an array. Last week Navy pinned them in all eight individual bouts. Harvard will go into the match with victories over MIT and Wesleyan...