Word: shiftings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...required of a man wishing to streamline his road to the magical sheepskin. Whereas University Hall used to slap on an extra course for the privilege, it now declares that not only will a man take the same number of courses as the four-year student, but he will shift one course to the Summer School season. This means taking 14 in three College years, and one in Summer School, instead of 16 in all, as formerly required...
...obstructions have been justified by A.F. of L. leaders on the ground that they must protect their members from technological unemployment. But there is more than a suspicion that A.F. of L. leaders, in many cases, are more concerned about their own jobs than their men's. A shift in methods might mean the end of a craft, the collapse of a union, the disintegration of a dues-paying membership...
...this has made it necessary for maestro Harlow to shift Captain Frannie Lee to tailback, leaving the wingback post open to Gordy Lyle and Greely Summers. Summers saw action again yesterday, a slight injury having kept him on the sidelines for a few days previous...
...about a saxophone-playing, airplane-flying, life-loving "pug" who is killed fifty years too soon. Mr. Jordan, the big boss in the Beyond, spends the remainder of the picture trying to right this unfortunate shift. Such a plot could easily have been overdone or underdone. As it is, the dish is juicily prepared, spiced with adventure, salted with philosophy, and served up with a humorous flourish...
...month 31,566,000 U.S. citizens, big & small, go to school-160,000 fewer than last year. Despite this record decline in total school population (resulting from the declining birth rate), school officials in Washington last week bemoaned the worst overcrowding of schools in U.S. history. Reason: a major shift of the population to defense-production centers...