Word: affairing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Greene also spoke with gratitude of the work done by the staff. Aldrich Durant, Business Manager of the University, co-operated splendidly and the Maintenance Department, working under him, handled all the physical arrangements for the affair, even supplying the labor for building the Tercentenary Theatre. Charles F. McNeil '27, in charge of lodgings and catering, was also mentioned as having done a highly efficent...
...rule has been made as a means of insurance against Boston public opinion or the sensationalism of that city's press, the self-righteous authorities responsible for it have sadly missed the boat. The most embarrassing of Harvard scandals in recent years, the Dunster House affair of last autumn and the subsequent tragedy at Winthrop, occurred when the rooms were teeming with numerous guests of both sexes...
Nonetheless a farce for being the most spectacular siege of the entire Spanish Civil War, the bloody and infernal affair of the Toledo Alcázar boomed and belched and banged last week toward an end thoroughly Spanish, thoroughly heroic. The Alcázar is the West Point of Spain. The farce began on July 21 when the Red radio of Madrid announced that Commandant José Moscardó and his 1,400 soldiers and spruce Spanish cadets had surrendered to 10,000 peasants under radical General Riquelmo. This broadcast was a midriff laugh to all Spanish officers who know...
Although the A team was able to harvest of 30-0 victory, the game was by no means a one-sided affair, and new A team starters showed marked supremacy over their individual rivals. Although this implies that few "naturals" have emerged from the multitude so far, it also means that Harlow should be able to keep eleven fresh men on the field throughout 60 minutes of play without seriously impairing the starting strength...
...description trundling into the village. Would seem the throng number over a thousand spectators. Now came C. Austin, Jr., all abubble, and with him on past the gate to watch the festivities. Saw Mr. Emery of Philadelphia, the oldest graduate present, looking very touched yet happy at the affair...