Word: affairing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...taken notice of the chimney built especially for its guidance three years ago. The chimney is only a part of the fireplace which is one of the finest, a rare antique, we are told. Three years ago, when the Adams House was launched at a big inaugural affair, at which no undergraduates were present the guests were smoked out by the lusty young chimney. The janitor immediately tackled the problem by raising the logs up nearer the flue, but the smoke would take no encouragement, preferring to hang like a cloud over the Common Room table. He then blocked...
...Italy's great trade fairs. Of Russia's system of government Il Duce has candidly remarked that it is ridiculous for Communists to talk about their ''dictatorship of the proletariat.'' since Russia's dictatorship is quite as much a one-man affair as Italy's. Josef Stalin and Benito Mussolini are the infinities at which the extremes of dictatorship meet. Next to Russia. Italy has the nearest thing to a nation-wide planned economic system, the Mussolini "Corporative State" (TIME, Nov. 20 et ante). In the Rome of the Caesars Communist Litvinoff...
...Pope Adrian VI died, a wreath appeared on his doctor's door, inscribed: "To the Deliverer of his country, S. P. Q. R." Of the four, Aretino's end was happiest. After tremendous ups & downs he settled in Venice, waxed fat and urbane, survived a tragic love affair and went down wenching...
...affair will be staged within the next two weeks and will probably be in the form of a private dinner, followed by a smoker, rather than a luxurious banquet as was the case in 1929. It is supposed that only the members of the Varsity football team, the coaches, and members of the committee will be present at the dinner, but all members of the Harvard Club will be welcomed at the smoker following. The Junior Varsity and Freshman teams may also be allowed to participate at the dinner. The chairman of the committee is Henderson Inches '08. Inches...
Harvard alumni had dreams of staging a magnificent affair in 1931, but pre-game calculations were upset, as the Crimson went down to a 3 to 0 defeat. The 1932 season also afforded the alumni little chance to celebrate...