Word: worth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gain stability for the long pull, a ready military force must have the resources and privileges of its own community. There is something inefficient about a policy of which an Air Force pilot says-as one did last week to a TIME correspondent: "This kind of flying is worth almost any sacrifice, including the sacrifice of remaining in the service." The new Air Force is in Year I, and the U.S. has as much to learn about living with this new concept of power as the Air Force has to learn about itself...
...Second Tree does have more than enough individual masterpieces. For my money, the six-page piece entitled "The Door" is worth considerably more than three dollars all by itself. Another--a page and a half in length--is a perfect example of White's extraordinary genius. It concerns a woman who was convicted of "disorderliness"--she was found sleeping in two empty cartons in a hallway, wearing all the clothes she possessed, although she was gainfully employed and owned a reasonably fat bank account...
...main proposal before the Committee will be the problem of credit for the Army ROTC course. Currently each course is worth 3/4 credit, although the faculty has proposed slashing...
Several years, ago, when ROTC courses were worth full credit, a similar study was made, resulting in a proposal that all ROTC courses be given half credit. When the motion reached the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, however, it was amended to the present 3/4 credit...
...group responsible for deciding what books should be published was (and is) the Board, of Syndics affectionately, and not at all accurately, known as the Bored of Cynies. These men, professors from different departments, had to pass on the worth of manuscripts. Thus it would seem that the blame or glory of the Fine Books Policy would rest with them. But they, in turn, were appointed by the President and fellows with the advice of the Press director, and in the days of Lane and Murock, the appointments reflected the eagerness of the Press and Corporation to follow such...