Word: used
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...arms included under the new plan would be lend leased to the North Atlantic Treaty nations, --France, England, and the Benelux countries--and to "associated nations." About half of the equipment would come from U. S. World War II surplus stocks. The material would be tailored for use against a big land invader, specifically Russia, including jet-driven aircraft, modern artillery, and small arms; the countries receiving the material would probably lump their armed services under a single command such as General Montgomery's brand-new "Uniforce," although the U. S. would retain no control as to the material...
Only when Americans realize why Chiang lost will they be able to-take advantage of these failures. More guns than he could use did not win him the essential support. The Chinese have rejected his reactionary government of warlords and bankers. They have rejected the United States for supporting...
...awards to freshmen from 20 to 25 per cent of each entering class, and also to increase the aid that we can give to upperclassmen. And toward this objective we are laying long-range plans which will require the increase in scholarship endowments as well as more effective use of loans and employment...
...large number of these men and others in the upperclass year, as far as our financial resources would permit. Since the war, of course, many undergraduates have been helped by the voterans' programs. Even so, to meet the level of costs it has been necessary for us to use some of our accumulated wartime surpluses in scholarship funds. These surpluses are now disappearing, and we must seek new sources of financial assistance if we are not to cut back substantially our numbers of Scholarship students...
Through the judicious use of remaining surpluses, supplemented by loans and employment, we hope to provide a normal amount of financial aid to undergraduates next year...