Word: exception
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...President Truman did not deny that Tito was a Communist; he simply did not mention it. "Tito's defection from Kremlin control represents the first setback for Soviet imperialism and as such is an important political symbol," explained Mr. Truman. "Tito controls the largest fighting force in Europe except the Soviet Union and . . . these forces constitute an important element in the defense of Western Europe against Soviet aggression." The President wanted Congress, when it reconvened Nov. 27, to approve emergency funds to feed the drought-stricken Yugoslavs. As a stopgap until Congress took up the matter, ECA had already...
...years as Hoppy had changed him. He had stopped drinking, except for an occasional glass of champagne or a little white wine & soda, a drinking regimen he still faithfully follows. He had met and married his fifth and present wife-a pretty, blonde exactress named Grace Bradley, who stayed with him when the going was toughest and converted him into the most faithful of one-woman men. And as far as the public was concerned, he had virtually assumed a new identity-that of Hopalong Cassidy...
...Religious agencies received about 50% of the $4 billion donated to charities in 1949, followed by health and welfare agencies (15%); miscellaneous outfits like fraternal and service clubs (14%); higher education (8%); foundations (4%); United Jewish Appeal (3%); American Red Cross (2%); and foreign relief, except religious...
Yale tends toward round-robin tournements, and has them in every sport except crew, where a system much like the Crimson's of placing boats in divisions is used. Samborski employs one large tournement or meet in wrestling, boxing, fencing, track, and cross-country. Yale has a regular inter-College round-robin schedule in the first two, and does not have competition in the others...
...method of matching the Houses and College tackle squads is a little more complicated, and leaves three Colleges up the creek. This results from the fact that, except for the champions, a House team plays its corresponding "sister College." And since there are seven Houses and ten Colleges, three of the latter--Branford, Silliman, and Trumbull--do not get to play Harvard regularly Neale says, "They don't like it, but there is nothing...