Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...their class committee. It was a strange time to hold an election because roughly three quarters of the class was away in service, and it is even stranger that the results still stand. The committeemen were neither actually nor fairly elected, so there is no reason why they should retain their posts...
Undergraduate Houses will admit 173 men at mid-year graduation instead of the originally announced 75, Associate Dean Robert B. Watson '37 disclosed yesterday, as this term's House members signified overwhelming preference to retain the current loaded enrollments rather than "deconvert" back to 1946 levels...
Disapproval of any of the ideas contained in the 40-point proposal will not kill the statement in toto, since the point-by-point method of voting was designed particularly to retain or amend satisfactory parts and reject those not agreed upon by a majority...
...person trained in a few practical skills is not an educated person, nor is he necessarily "life-adjusted." Only through a solid acquaintance with the humanities can we expect to retain a true perspective of life and of the world in which we live. To reject the so-called "impractical" subjects in our high schools is to deny our cultural heritage. . . . It is tantamount to admitting . . . that learning, as far as we in America are concerned, is nothing more than a quick method for discovering which button to push and when to push...
...will be completely banished from the scene. The causes which combined to produce inflation are complex and deep-seated. Human nature being what it is, there is a presumption that speculation will continue. Russian industry is still not producing in the desired quantities. Russian farmers are still inclined to retain as much of their foodstuffs as they possibly can, rather than sell them at pre-determined prices. Many essential goods are in very short supply. So long as the basic ingredients of inflation are present they will have a tendency to assert their influence. With the amount of goods available...