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Word: provisionally (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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In abandoning the classics requirement for the A.B. degree Yale has made another of those breaks with the past which have gone so far to modify traditional university education in recent years. The move erases an obviously illogical provision which made the attainment of the Bachelor of Arts degree depend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASSICS AND THE ARTS DEGREE | 5/13/1931 | See Source »

Samuel Wilson came to Troy from New Hampshire. Brickmaker, distiller, farmer, merchant, meat packer, he waxed rich. Everybody called him Uncle Sam Wilson. When the War of 1812 began one Elbert Anderson got a contract to provision U. S. troops. Anderson arranged with Wilson to secure and pack pork and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Uncle Sam | 5/11/1931 | See Source »

The Interstate Commerce Commission last week moved again to enforce a section of U. S. law which it considers unenforceable. Section 15a of the Transportation Act of 1920 instructs the I. C. C. to "recapture" from all railroads, on the basis of their final valuations, one-half of all annual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORTATION: First Big Recapture | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

When asked how strongly the people of his native land were opposed to this customs union, Professor Vermeil said, "I read an article the other day in a very reliable French bulletin which discussed the situation with a calm tone saying that the union was inevitable. In the constitution of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "We Must Have Unity in Europe," Declares Professor E. J. Vermeil in Crimson Interview---Discusses Politics in Europe | 4/10/1931 | See Source »

The minute was adopted with the understanding that an agreement be reached with Sir Wilfred Grenfell whereby Brooks House will undertake the provision of funds in return for the privilege of selecting four Harvard men who will go a field with the Mission. No definite sum was mentioned but it...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BROOKS HOUSE TO AID IN GRENFELL MISSION WORK | 4/2/1931 | See Source »

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