Word: affairs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Madison(Miss Young) is whipped onto a whirlwind of activity by the precipitate arrival of a doctor, a nurse and a girl apparently on the verge of maternity. The doctor takes charge of the household explaining that the girl is a member of a prominent family and that the affair must be carried off with complete secrecy. Things go smoothly until a few days later when the radio becomes alive with reports of an infant-kidnapping. The mysterious coming and going of the doctor and nurse take on an added significance and Emily Madison determines to get at the bottom...
...University. A brief talk with the Cambridge Fire Chief revealed little more. The only parking practice that bothers the Fire Department is that of blocking fire plugs. It appears that none exist in the triangle. The Chief of the Police Department took no more interest in the affair than did his fire-fighting brother. His only comment was to the effect that the police department had enough parking troubles of its own without worrying about those in University property...
...circumspection and wit until his landlady's daughter proves a sufficient attraction to make him break his priestly vows. Occasional chapters, inserted between these two major developments, carry forward the stories of Gurau, the deputy, who breaks with his mistress, and Jallez, intellectual friend of Jerphanion, whose love affair with a married woman is discovered by her husband...
...purpose of the affair will be the introduction of the new men to the Faculty and the second year students. Baker will introduce the speakers as well as the members of the Executive Board of the organization...
...undergraduates some thousand are usually in residence for the Long Vac Term. A few of them work, having failed exams in June which they are to take again in October. Others work because they are made that way. But for most people the Long Vac Term is a rollicking affair when there are just enough rules to be broken to make life worth while. Chiefly in evidence are medicals, engineers, agriculturists and botanists. The last two named spend the term in touring the countryside, looking at farms, seeking for specimens...