Word: whereases
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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¶ In the last ten years, Reform Judaism, the liberal wing of U.S. Jewry, has more than doubled its membership. Whereas only one in 50 U.S. Jews was identified with Reform a decade ago, one in every five is affiliated with Reform today, and the total membership is approximately 1...
Under the new system, each freshman will fill out his House application form in triplicate. The Houses which students have picked as first, second, and third choice will each receive on of the forms. "In this way, each Housemaster will know at a glance all those who have chosen their...
The preliminary reviews were deprecatory enough, nevertheless, to convince the producers that they had better keep Silk Stockings out-of-town until they remedied its major defects. Composer Cole Porter consequently has had to write six new songs to substitute into his score--a score which, despite a jukebox hit...
¶ Twelfth-century Dorothy Diggs advised businessmen not to court ladies by boasting of "military prowess." If they did, the ladies would "point out that soldiers' calves are slender and their feet of modest dimensions, whereas [the businessman's] calves are fat." The courting gentleman was also faced...
Under Secretary Ward tried to reassure M.P.s: "I should make t clear that as it is, the Hunter . . . could go into action tomorrow." Laborite Woodrow Wyatt protested: "How can the Minister say that? Is it not the case that ... at present we have no air defense whatsoever of this country...