Word: rising
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...argument for this policy, Editors Shaw and Seltzer point to the Press's rise from 181,625 circulation in 1933 to 241,109 in 1941. Since Pearl Harbor the Press has picked up about 14,000 circulation. In the same period the opposition News gained only...
...decent Southerner either supports or condones lynching. A steady rise of public opinion has resulted in the number of lynchings dropping to none or one or two a year. But those same decent Southerners rightfully resent this type of interference from outside sources...
...This rise in numbers has occurred despite the dropping of Chinese 11b, History of China, because of added burdens on the staff. The bracketing of this course reflects a recent shift of student interest from Chinese to Japanese, a trend which the department will attempt to fight with an intensive course in Cantonese and Pekinese this summer. The Faculty in the department has been increased with the addition of three assistants in February, while one left for Washington last fall. The annual Harvard-Yenching Fellowships, of which there are usually three or four each year, at present have been suspended...
About half a dozen Sophomores have shown signs of promise in addition to Noyes. Jim Donald's rise has been spectacular. Coming to Harvard from Dallas, Texas, he never saw a sweep until Freshman year. Now that the power of which he has always had plenty has been blended with smoothness, it looks as if he might go places which his position on the second Freshman eight did not indicate...
...appreciable jump in the number of applications for the Medical School was noticed, though there has been no time yet to calculate the rise. The July class is already filled out, unless there should be some unforeseen vacancies. It was noticed, however, that third year men accounted for much of the increase...