Word: standing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...order to be deferred beyond the freshman year of college, a student would have to stand in the upper half of the freshman class. Sophomores would have to rank in the top third of their class to be deferred, and juniors would have to be in the highest quarter...
...movie is composed of six entirely unrelated episodes with the common background of war; specifically, the war in Italy. Each episode lights up one side of the conflict, giving the observer a closer glimpse into the effect of total war on ordinary, inconspicuous persons. Of the six episodes, two stand out so forcefully that they grip you, make you feel the awful futility...
Usually I find it hard to stand up for Hollywood's interpretation of fighting in the war, but I must in this case...
...James Smith, who lives meanly in a $16-a-month room, could stand some medical attention himself: his hernia bothers him a good deal, but he cannot afford a doctor ("Everything is so dear"). Then how can he afford a charity? "Oh," he explained, "that's different. I'm an old bachelor and I don't have any family, so why shouldn't I help the poor? . . . Every night I put aside whatever change I have in my pockets and save it up and when Christmas comes I take it and give it to charity...
Unless year-end contributions to churches and charities take an unexpected spurt, said Manhattan's Golden Rule Foundation this week, U.S. giving in 1948 will stand at an alltime low-only 1% of the national income. During the depressed '30s, said the foundation (which bases its reports on income-tax deductions), contributions averaged about...