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...virtually no depth. Jack Vodrey, Tiger captain, is the only harrier who can even attempt to challenge the lead. Vodrey, however, is a real threat. He won the Big Three cross country championship last year, and is also Heptagonals outdoor two mile champ. But there is a huge gap between him and his teammates, bound to be filled this afternoon by Yale and Crimson runners...
Filling what the committee called "The gap between those who are interested in debating and those who can compete for the varsity Debate Council," the League will be under the supervision of Ernest R. May, instructor in History, and the new adviser to the Debate Council...
...Point V, "the economic power of the American people directed to overseas nations through tourism." He estimates that U.S. travelers last year furnished foreign governments with more than twice as many dollars as did the U.S. Government through economic aid; and closed 10% of the foreign dollar gap...
...Back in 1937 seven young ladies came to Mrs. Albert and asked her to help them bridge the gap from the young, uncertain, immature girl to the well poised, gracious, attractively groomed, confident young lady." It is plain by the girls' choice of words that Mrs. Albert had some pretty good material to start with, but this should not detract from her future accomplishments...
Such a program, along the lines of the highly successful crop insurance scheme, would not only fill the gap left by private companies but would also be a safe financial risk for the government. For a federal corporation could absorb the losses from local disasters by spreading its coverage over a wide area and could wait for many years for losses to be paid back in premiums. The federal government, moreover, has the experienced personnel to administer such a program, as indicated by the efficiency of the Armed Forces and crop insurance plans. Flood insurance is no final answer...