Word: except
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Although without opposition for the past two weekends, the Freshmen have been given very little layoff, except for that occasioned by the ubiquitous November Hour exam. Scrimmages have been the order of the day this week, and the lineup which faces the invading Indians will be almost the same as that which handed Andover a 20 to 0 setback October...
...Except for the Naval V-7 cruises, the only way at present open for one who has had no military training to gain a commission is the Second Lieutenants Marine Corps Reserve course...
...campaign there have been no real issues at stake. The war is virtually ruled out, and the third-term issue has little meaning except for those who already are against Roosevelt on other grounds. The only dispute---and it is vague and for the most part unstated--is the old issue of "free private enterprise" versus "government regulation." Here F.D.R. has the right end of the stick--in theory. For the New Deal has at least been bold in combatting the paralysis of a faltering economy, while Willkie relies on a mystical formula of faith, confidence, and unity to cure...
There is a war going on, one in which we are desperately concerned. Yet except for haggling about defense efficiency, and some name-calling, the war has not figured significantly in the campaign. Both candidates are pledged not to lead America into a foreign war. But nothing they say will crush out the deep seated feeling in the hearts of millions of Americans that these pledges are little more than words, that Roosevelt as President will lead us all the way down the bloody road, that Willkie as President, whatever his intentions, would 'likewise be unable to withstand the pressure...
...final ballots from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences showed a reversal of the previous Republican leaning, with a 283 to 274 majority for F.D.R. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences also went Democratic, 185 to 148. All other groups except the Commuters and Kirkland House maintained a secure seat on the Willkie bandwagon...