Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bingham's biggest mistake was his blind faith in the integrity of his undergraduate customers. He forgot that the prospect of a 50 yard line seat might wilt the honesty of any football...
Only at Army, Borgatti said, was there a prospect for hand members to sleep in beds over the weekend. West Point has offered accommodations in return for the band's appearance at a rally Saturday morning, and for the privilege of dancing to swing contingents of Crimson musicians...
Looking beyond the problem of inefficient placement, the HTU commented that the entire teaching profession is haphazardly organized and is expanding without direction. "The immediate prospect for the academic profession," the HTU concluded, "is rapid curtailment...
Cotton Crutch. Cotton prices, which had been slipping at the prospect of the biggest crop (15,219,000 bales) since 1937, got a prop from the Department of Agriculture. The department agreed to make loans on cotton stored on farms (formerly it made them only on cotton stored in approved warehouses), thus made it possible for farmers to keep their cotton off the market and keep prices...
Vice-President Edward Reynolds '15 attributed the new rates to a substantial rise in the cost of food," and warned that the new level is by no means final. "There appears to be very little prospect of a noticeable decline in the near future," he said...