Word: basically
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...another farm fight was. Stealing out of the canebrake, Southern Congressmen pushed through a bill to allow cotton growers to sow 1,200,000 more acres of this already too plentiful crop, with guarantees of government price support. They also managed to increase peanut planting (another so-called "basic" crop) by 100,000 acres. What the farm program (a bipartisan measure) would cost this year no one could say. To take care of it, the House, by voice vote, unhesitatingly increased CCC's borrowing power another $2 billion...
...Debate Council defeated the United States Naval Academy in a home debate last night. The Crimson debaters defended the negative of "Resolved: That basic non-agricultural industries in the United States should be nationalized...
Crimson debaters moved within striking distance of the Ivy League Championship last night by twice defeating Brown in debates held here and at Providence on the national topic: "Resolved, That the U.S. should nationalize all basic non-agricultural industries...
Fradd Ball is described by its creator as "a mutation of volley ball." Played in a low-ceiling court on the third floor of the Indoor Athletic Building, the game often takes on elements of football, basketball, and jai alai. Fradd Ball's basic rule is that every surface in the room is playable, and that the ball (a volley ball) becomes dead if it touches the floor more than once on each play...
Richard W. Hulbert '51 and Richard S. Stewart '51 beat freshmen Malcolm D. Rivkin '53 and Samuel E. Karff '53 in a debate at the Union last night. The topic was: "Resolved: That the U.S. nationalize all basic non-agricultural industries...