Word: yet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harry Truman had chestily started the fight. All he had got out of it was a sound drubbing. Wherry crowed triumphantly: "The Administration hasn't any leadership . . ." With the entire Truman program yet to be acted upon, Administration forces in the Senate stood demoralized and on the defensive...
...Month. Yet Gotfred Hoelvold is no proud mining tycoon or high government potentate. The only official job he holds is a humble one. He is secretary to the director of the town planning commission, for which he gets paid approximately $115 a month. A mild, soft-spoken little man with rumpled clothes, he lives quietly with his wife and four children. The thing that sets him apart in Kirkenes is his connections. "I have friends," says Gotfred, "in Moscow...
...plus for his term's work. When a percentage scale is set up parallel to the letter grade scale and letters are translated into their numerical equivalents (a process which many section men use in arriving at their letter grades) these grades average out to be about an 85. Yet, this man is placed in Rank Group IV. Another student gets four B-minuses, which is about an 81, and he ends up in Group III, which gives him Dean's List privileges. For borderline scholarship holders, who generally must not drop below Group III to keep their scholarship, this...
...opposition has already made some inroads on the Rankin bill here and there; yet the House failed two days ago in an attempt to block veterans of World War II from the benefits. The Senate may be able to slice further into Rankin's proposal or even smother it in a committee. But the chances that Mr. Rankin can pry something substantial out of Congress seem about as reasonable as the chances that he can be blocked. Even if he is only partially successful, there would be less money for housing, social security, and other items that are necessary...
...have already heard more than enough about most of its other virtues, so there is nothing left to say. Except that somehow, the name of Joshua Logan has not yet got into this. As co-author with Hammerstein of the book, and as director of the entire show, musical numbers and all, Logan is surely responsible for a good number of "South Pacific's" qualities...