Word: system
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...largely to the generosity of The Friends of Harvard Rowing, both crews flew to London on a special flight on June 20, only a week after the New London victory. Thanks to this and to the ingenious system of crowding in use on economy flights the crews did not arrive in top condition. The Crimson shells were equally unserviceable at first, for until the arrival of a special form for non-motive racing boats, the shells were kept in customs...
...addition to the regular low gross and low net prizes, the low gross winner will have his name inscribed on the permanent Gerald Henderson tophy. Since the judges will determine low net scores on the basis of the Callaway handicapping system, no established handicap record will be necessary for participation...
...study group's report that reached a dramatic, clear-cut conclusion: "Limiting or spacing of children is a morally valid thesis . . . There appears to be no moral distinction between the means now known and practiced-whether by the use of estimated periods of fertility [i.e., "rhythm" system], or of artificial barriers to the meeting of sperm and ovum [i.e., contraceptives], or indeed of drugs which would, if made effective and safe, inhibit or control ovulation in a calculable...
...told, 108,000 individuals and organizations bought nearly half of the $2 billion issue. Only 26.6% went to commercial banks; thus Treasury officials were highly pleased that most of the issue was kept out of the commercial banking system, which pays for Government securities with newly created dollars. The Government increases the nation's purchasing power when spending these dollars, thus adds to inflationary pressures...
...into prospective legislation in the form of a bill now before the New York Assembly which proposes that public school teachers be required to take an oath of allegiance to the Constitution. The purpose of the bill is to eliminate communistic and other extreme propaganda threatening our present system of government. Harvard CRIMSON, April...