Word: affairs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...size of the affair is what makes it remarkable. Small teas in the dormitory rooms have occurred before with some frequency; but only five or six were present at these, in contrast with the startling number at this recent event. The proctors, although they were quite willing to give permission, admitted surprise and joined with others in wondering if this is to be precedent for the transfer to Cambridge of the famous Back Bay quantity production tradition...
...will be received. The names that appear below are those which have caught my attention, merely because they have received more publicity, but in point of popularity and desirability as leaders, many others may be quite as capable. Therefore, I urge all Freshmen to take a hand in the affair, and present as many petitions to me as they desire...
...removed as a professor, and being brought to trial before a Florence court on the charge of sedition. Although acquitted by the court, he was set upon by a mob of Fascists as he was leaving the courtroom, and barely escaped with his life. As a result of this affair he was obliged to flee from the country, leaving all his property behind to be confiscated by the Fascists. He has the distinction of being one of the two men who have been deprived of their nationality by the Fascists...
...Springfield, Ill. He said it took place in 1861, when Shields, later Civil War general and Senator from Illinois and Missouri, was state auditor. Letters deriding him appeared in the Springfield Journal. He accused Lincoln, who refused to retract. According to the accepted ver sion of the Lincoln-Shields affair, broadswords were chosen and a site on the Missouri shore some 50 miles away. But friends interceded, prevented the duel...
Since the actual date of the Lincoln-Shields affair was 1842, when Veteran Jones was not more than one year old, historians felt convinced that Veteran Jones was more of a Munchausen than an eyewitness...