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...opposed to Tory youth (the latter, with the Liberals and Independents, were quick to back the plan) and the great insurance companies, which would lose much business by Sir William's proposals. But other potential opponents were small employers, who may find it hard to make the grade after paying their share of the contributions; the Labor Party, which sees the biggest part of its thunder stolen; trade unions, which subconsciously resented Beveridge since overall insurance would reduce members' reliance on the trade unions' benefits. Opposition was also expected from some sections of the medical profession...
...have adopted the Step Test's determination of the average student's fitness, and this fall all Freshmen whose rating was 75 or below, just under the College average, have been required to attend conditioning classes four times a week. The physical efficiency index has thus replaced the posture grade of recent years as the sign of the need for special exercise. Dr. Brouha expressed the difference in the two different methods this way: "It's just like a car; you can't tell whether it has the power by just looking at it. You have to press...
...months ago Cooke was sent to Brazil with an economic staff to determine what the U.S. can do to speed up Brazilian industrial output for the war. He saw magnificent resources-largest high-grade iron deposits in the world, rich bauxite fields, big nickel deposits, unlimited water power. Last week Cooke was ready to return to the U.S. With Joao Alberto he issued a prospectus of the report he will submit to the U.S. Government...
Counsellor-at-Law (by Elmer Rice; produced by John Golden) brings Paul Muni back to Broadway in the role that eleven years ago made him famous. He is still good in the role, and the play's high-grade hokum is still happily uncontaminated by anything the least bit genuine...
...cumulative grade will be based only upon the work assigned in a course up to the time of the special examination or test supplemented in some cases by the daily work, weekly quizzes, laboratory exercises, ect. up to the time of the student's actual withdrawal from college...