Word: accepter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...certain moment Eliot became aware that the door of the room had been opened and that somebody wanted him outside. There was the Reverend George Putnam, one of the Fellows. He had come to say that the Corporation wished to elect Eliot to the presidency. Would he accept...
...Government has been appointed guest professor on the faculty of Law at the University of Heidelberg, for the summer of 1933. At the recent meeting of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, Professor Friedrich was granted a leave of absence for next summer in order that he may accept the guest professorship. Professor Friedrich's lectures will deal with, political theory and public law. It is announced that he will resume his duties at Harvard in the autumn...
...near future comes March 1 when $63,250,000 worth of Baltimore & Ohio bonds fall due. Last week, after several delays, the R. F. C. pledged its aid to the B. & O. It will lend the road half of the amount and bondholders will be asked to accept half in cash, half in a new 5% bond. As a special inducement to speedy deposits, bonds deposited before Dec. 22 will receive an immediate cash payment of 10%. Last week the B. & O. bonds of 1933 sold at 67 against the year...
...such jobs as edit a handbook of information about the Turkish Army, containing such unsoldierly comments as "General Abd el Mahmoud commanding the ?th Division is half-Albanian by birth and a consumptive; an able officer and a gunnery expert; but a vicious scoundrel, and will accept bribes." Chafing at the restrictions and routine of army life in Cairo. Lawrence cast an envious eye at the Arab revolt just getting under way across the Red Sea. He made a general nuisance of himself till he got ten days' leave. He headed straight for Feisal's army, was received...
...reports printed yesterday in metropolitan newspapers, President Lowell is being considered by President-elect Roosevelt for the post of ambassador to the Court of St. James. It was stated, however, that there appeared no official basis for the statement, and it was not even known if President Lowell would accept the position, it if were offered...