Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...great mass of jobs today not in the professional field are becoming shorter in duration and more mechanical in nature so that they are not a suitable to build a life around, he said...
Prior to February 1952 the University calendar provided for one more day between terms, but the day was cut in making the academic year a week shorter...
...assert blandly that United States and United Nations action would be taken against Arab aggressors in the event of their swarming across Israel's borders--something every Arab dictator has sworn to do ... We should all not the small size of the Israeli state. Within hours, far shorter time than it would take a U.N. or U.S. force to be fighting ... Israel would no longer remain on the map. Without weapons for defense she could not face the blitzkrieg of Soviet war machines...
Just where these three days will come from presents a problem; but one which can be condensed, although only at the expense of undergraduate nerves. Shorter recesses or a longer school year would favor shortening their vacations. The winter reading period might be cut, but it sis already at a minimum of two weeks. A shorter winter period would also interfere with the freshman and pre-med courses which have already lost enough classes during football weekends...
...English finally selected Player Hutton to be captain. Hutton did his duty: he beat the Australians and brought home the Ashes.* Last year, under his leadership, England won again. Hutton became a national hero. But at 39, he was past his prime; a wartime accident had left one arm shorter than the other, and he had trouble holding his own against speedball bowlers. Last week, on his doctors' advice, Len Hutton retired-and all England mourned. There is no one in sight to take his place, among either gentlemen or players. "His defense was an iron curtain," wrote...