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An organization consisting of these people created the “Carville Star” program to disseminate research into leprosy. Harry Colmery allegedly jotted down the first draft of a legislation concerning these people on a napkin. These people benefitted from a so-called “club” in which they received 20 dollars a week for 52 weeks. The 85/15 rule capped funds for schools educating these (-5[1])people, leading to the creation of numerous “fly-by-night” colleges. (-5[1])Jim Webb championed a “post-9/11” legislation concerning these people, who were led by (10[1])Walter Waters in a 1932 march on Washington, (10[1])D.C. (10[1])These people, who formed the American (10[1])Legion, (10[1])were the subject of the 1944 (10[2])GI Bill. (10[1])For 10 points, name these returning Americans who fought in the World Wars. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: war veterans [accept World War I or World War II veterans; accept GIs until read; prompt on soldiers; prompt on Bonus Army by asking “what people made up the Bonus Army?”] (The organization in the first sentence is the Forty and Eight. The 1932 march is the Bonus Army.)
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2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y9100%0%22%98.11

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Lukas KoutsoukosYale BBard A59-5
Lexi TermanRutgers AColumbia C68-5
Chenyao LiuPenn BCornell C8110
Simon EmmanuelRutgers BVassar8910
John John GrogerColumbia APrinceton B9010
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU ARowan A9610
Jack RadoColumbia BNYU B9710
Cyrus HodgsonBard AYale B10310
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AYale C10310
Arjun BothraHaverfordYale A10510
Mihir ShettyColumbia CRutgers A11910