Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...longest session in Council history saw two major projects, the Service Fund drive and the poll on wheat conservation, fall short of their goals and the Council took immediate steps to prevent recurrence of the same problems in the future, salvaging what it could from the present...
Fund Drive Short...
While results of the Service Fund drive were not completely tabulated, the campaign seemed certain to fall short by at least $9,000 of the $25,000 target. Even though further contributions were expected to dribble in to meet this exigency, the Council voted (1) to curtail sharply grants to charities, (2) to economize on projected Council work, and (3) to reduce the number of Harvard National Student Association delegates to the national convention at Madison, Wisconsin, next summer...
Little sound waves are deadlier than big ones. Last week the U.S. Army Signal Corps described (with dark reticence) some experiments at State College, Pa. on sound waves too short (high-pitched) for the human ear to hear. The inaudible racket killed mice in one minute. The insidious little waves also killed cockroaches and mosquitoes...
...said that his company had "found it increasingly difficult to obtain crude oil. . [because] of ever-increasing premiums which are being paid ... by many of our competitors." But many oilmen disagreed when Pew added that "an increased price will prove an incentive for stimulating increased production" Crude was short because of high demand, lack of transportation and a shortage of drilling equipment for new wells. No price rise could cure these conditions...