Word: affair
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Final plans for the annual H.S.U. Freshman Dance, to be held in Memorial Hall tonight at 8:30 o'clock, have been completed, and, according to the committee in charge of the affair, at least 1200 are expected to attend. Because over 600 girls have accepted invitations, upperclassmen will be very welcome...
Ugly smears of unfavorable publicity seem to be Harvard's inevitable lot as a result of the Browder affair. This time it will be the liberal press to start up aghast at a "suppression of free speech" by the nation's ancient stronghold of academic liberalism. The mere fact that Browder has been denied the use of a University platform will be enough for most earnest advocates of civil rights. Others of liberal persuasion will see in this a part of the current Dies-ignited red-baiting campaign. The total effect is another black eye for Harvard--and Harvard undergraduates...
...dance committee claims it has obtained special late permission for the Wellesley girls. "The affair will be well chaperoned," the committee spokesman added...
Then there was this affair about changing some U. S. ships to Panama registry so they could sail into war zones. Vag had just about made up his mind that this was hedging, and exactly the wrong thing to do to stay out of war. After all, Mr. Hull thought so too. But again, the President quickly made the statement that the matter had no bearing on our neutrality. What to believe...
...also given way drastically to the shipping lobby by leaving Spain and Portugal open to our ships. Finally, the Administration refused to pass the Tobey Amendment, which would have caused adoption of "cash-and-carry" several weeks ago, and thus would have prevented the dangerous City of Flint" affair...