Word: previously
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...face of previous commitments by both chambers of Congress, the House lopped off more than $2 billion from funds already authorized for ECA and other foreign aid. The cuts were made by New York's John Taber, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, a man always vigilant to pare a cheese. He sliced $170 million off China aid, $75 million off aid to Greece and Turkey, $150 million off occupation funds, and $1,745 million...
There have been 296 previous Harvard Commencements, one of which was honored by the presence of Andrew Jackson, another by that of George Washington. The distinction of today's affair is that it is by far the biggest ever. This year's exercises do not differ very much in plan from those of the first Commencement Day, which came late in August, six years after the founding of the College. During the three centuries since then only a few graduations have been cancelled, but there have been several formidable threats to the proceedings...
...size of the procession in the morning is still not definite--but with the inclusion of October and February graduates, it should rank well above the previous record march...
...first time since the Houses were built the concert will move back into the Yard. Previous to the construction program in the early thirties the traditional Class Day concert was held in the Yard, which was bedecked with Japanese lanterns...
...defeat of Cornell last week by Navy also throws certain previous conceptions far out the window. Washington and Cornell had seemed the only boats that might really stand a chance to dump the Crimson in the trials; now Navy, which finished a comfortable distance in arrears at the Regatta on May 8, looks like a tough opponent...