Word: set
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Under "senior privilege" a student has no set hour limit for returning to the dorms. She agrees, however, to sign out for a time "suitable to the function which she is attending...
...Grant gift is the first instance in which funds have specifically provided for scholastic aid to members of the Advanced Management group. The Grant Foundation, established in 1936 by William T. Grant, chairman of the board, of W. T. Grant department stores, had previously set up a scholarship fund at the Business School...
...record slump: the team's one and seven season and the ascendancy of television. But mostly he blames television. He said he has received many letters from alumni saying "You've put me at the end of the field for the last time; now I've got a TV set...
When the five Securities & Exchange Commissioners picked a chairman last week, they surprised and cheered Wall Street. Their choice: Harry A. McDonald, 55, the first Republican boss of SEC since it was set up in 1934. SEC's three Democratic commissioners voted for McDonald to succeed Edmond Hanrahan, who resigned as SEC chairman last month (TIME, Oct. 24). Although the White House was mum, President Truman apparently approved also...
...months ago, she had worked herself to a frazzle, complicated by insomnia and jitters for which she had long been trying to doctor herself. After she had a series of temperamental blowups on the set of Annie Get Your Gun, M-G-M suspended her and tackled the expensive job of starting all over again with a new star, Betty Hutton. Judy apologized for her behavior and then entered a Boston hospital for a rest cure. Among other things, she needed to put on some weight...