Word: worth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Okayed plans to begin, within a few days, the sale of $384 million worth of surplus commodities overseas in exchange for local currencies to be used in the mutual-aid program...
Many harrassed undergraduates unable to fit a desired fifth course into their schedules or unable to decide whether it is worth the additional expense will find a welcome solution in the University Extension Courses. For a $5 fee--and ninety minutes one night a week--students may take any one of 34 college level courses and may still end up with the same professor they would have paid $100 to hear by daylight. Financed by the Lowell Institute to foster adult education, these basic courses in 19 fields remain open for registration through next Friday...
...cancel their engagements in favor of the Buttrick series. Lovett, as a member of the Board of Preachers, has previously appeared at Memorial Church twice a year. He will still preach this fall. According to Pusey, Dun agreed that the proposed pre-Lenten series by Buttrack was well worth the change in plan...
Suppose an enterprising student wins himself a scholarship from the University worth $1000 a year. Then suppose that he can earn still another $1000 a year. Father does not have to add $2000 to Junior's income in order to claim him as an exemption. For scholarships, under the new law, are tax exempt. The parent in this situation has to match only $1000--his son's actual earned income...
...instituted by next exam period. Finances should not impose a handicap. In 1949, when the building was dedicated, Lamont librarian Phillip J. McNiff said, "Our aim was a reading library, rather than a research library." After spending an initial $2,500,000 to achieve this objective, it certainly seems worth $5,000 a year to preserve...