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...Togliatti could subdue the party regulars inside the hall, a more resounding verdict was delivered outside. Workers of Turin's Michelin tire plant, voting as the eighth congress was about to adjourn, registered a drop in Communist strength (from 60% to 26% of the total vote), to throw the Red-dominated union out of control of its shop stewards' committee for the first time since World...
...makeup, editorial writing, reviewing, sports writing, the use of humor, finances, features, and news writing. The students will be able to attend two of these panels, and when the second set ends about 12:30 p.m., they will return to the CRIMSON for a buffet lunch. The Conference will adjourn after lunch...
After a buffet lunch at the CRIMSON building, the Conference will adjourn Saturday afternoon...
...corduroy jacket walked over to us and asked, "Do you know parliamentary procedure?" We admitted that we did, and he asked us how to block the move for more members. "Move to adjourn," we whispered, and he did so. The president's jaw fell open about four inches. The vice president smiled ghoulishly, and voted for adjournment, but he was the only one besides corduroy jacket...
Habits: Prodigious cigar smoker (Churchill sends him his Havana specials by the hundreds) and wine connoisseur. Follows tennis and cricket "not as a fan but as a fanatic," and has been known to adjourn state conferences in London to attend Davis Cup and cricket Test matches...