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...purpose of Gen. Ed. Ahf is not to learn how to write "purple prose," to "sling bull," or fill pages with a quota of words, but to strengthen the student's grasp of his native tongue, to smooth the wrinkles in his writing technique. In short, it is to do what no course in humanities, or even literature can be expected to do that is to offer the majority of those who will never darken the doors of Warren House the opportunity of improving their writing ability during the first two semesters at Harvard. Joseph M. Cronin...
...auto industry, for example, the quota for the second quarter is 1,500,000 cars, whereas materials have been allotted for only 1,250,000. Automen have had their hands full getting enough metals for even that many cars. With metals still tight, a bigger test will come when & if ceilings on copper, steel and aluminum are abolished. Since scrap prices are rising, the primary metals are sure to follow if the ceilings come...
...steps toward this trade, the U.S. should: 1) write a new law to eliminate all tariffs as quickly as possible, 2) abandon the "Buy American Act" and quota system which "is contrary to every principle of free enterprise" because it permits only a fixed quantity of goods to enter the country, and 3) enact a workable law to simplify customs procedures...
...range westerns have their standard quota of cattle rustlers, galloping cowpokes and Indians on the warpath...
Then, in 1854, the bacchanalian boom ended and the academic bust began with the first finals. Perhaps to offset the pleasant nostalgia of other documents, Shipton keeps a complete series of all examinations in 641 volumes. They attract a yearly quota of students hoping to find a trend in some lazy professor's questioning technique...