Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Conceivably, one could extend Estey's ideas into areas of social service, medical experimentation--those varieties of public service which conscientious objectors now fulfill under the label "alternative service." Our present concepts of manpower, when one considers the possible use of men now deferred, seem most unimaginative...
Although events causing the postponement of the debate would seem to constitute an unfavorable disadvantage for the affirmative team, the Cambridge debaters will still defend the original topic--"Resolved: That this house thanks God for the Atlantic...
...level of math achievement as a prerequisite for admission would be an unhealthy move. The present requirements are in line with those of many universities; instituting a math requirement would assume that Harvard's influence in elevating high-school standards is quite significant. Such an assumption does not seem well-grounded; for the schools which would respond by directing their college prospects to take the courses Harvard demands are probably those schools who now teach the most mathematics anyway. But the rural, Western and Southern schools which offer only a curricular minimum are unlikely to change to meet Harvard...
...When he started to win, he worked out a deal with his superiors at New Jersey's McGuire Air Force Base. He had 70 days of accumulated leave; why not let him go to Manhattan on alternate weeks and tape his appearances in advance? That way Astrue could seem to the audience to be competing steadily, week after week, five days a week. Permission was granted...
...below the nearest domestic bidder. TVA found "the import duty [12% to 17%] is adequate to protect U.S. manufacturers against differences in labor costs." What about national security? Replied TVA: Total war would probably knock out foreign and U.S. plants alike, thus "early repair or replacement would seem unlikely no matter where the unit was built...