Word: though
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Though they were not required to appear at spring practice, 25 of the 33 returning lettermen worked out three times a week under the coaching staff. Thanks to the high level of attendance. Valpey was able to state that the football team is now equal on both offensive and defensive fundamentals. Last fall, he explained, the team glittered on offensive but faltered when the other team had the ball...
Sensitive Friends. Dr. Shafer made friends with individual mud daubers. He became convinced that "adult females of this species possess a nervous system which, though tiny in size, enables them to remember, to learn, and to show individuality." Several were trained to eat a drop of honey from his hand. One let him stroke her while she ate. She became so fond of him that Dr. Shafer had difficulty keeping her away from an alcohol lamp with which he was working in the lab. Twice he had to put her out of the room. After the first expulsion, he reports...
...university employment service had collaborated in arranging the seminar. One basic conclusion about the local job market: for certain specialists, jobs will still be plentiful. Dieticians, nurses, teachers, metallurgical and ceramic engineers should have no trouble at all. Chemical and mechanical engineers will also be in fairly good demand, though some will have a better chance if they go East after graduation. Nonspecialists, however, have a different kind of problem...
...Though the housing boom was past its peak, the building industry showed some outstanding performers. Johns-Manville Corp. boosted its net 24.9% (from $2.3 million to $2.8), Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. 23.4% (from $3.1 million to $3.8), and Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. 17%. Small Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Corp. showed a 171% rise...
...stimulus Dr. Koussevitzky has given American music is immeasurable, and it is for this achievement, rather than for his interpretive ability, that, I believe, he will be remembered. His contributions to the orchestra will still be noticeable in coming years, and though these years will, undoubtedly be different, there is no reason to believe they will be in any way inferior...