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...amiss that I call to the attention of the undergraduate body the gratitude of those who know to what great labor your Undergraduate Committee, consisting of Thomas H. Quinn, John B. Bowditch, and Caleb Foote, was put. These gentlemen organized the magnificent reception and care of your undergraduate delegates, a fragment of the celebration which was as happy and did as much service to Harvard as any other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 10/3/1936 | See Source »

...which had carried him straight from jail to Bucking ham Palace, Sir Samuel declared bluntly that he would give India just so much additional freedom and no more. "If this displeases you. Mr. Gandhi," said the Secretary of State for India. "I shall not take it in the least amiss if you prefer that we do not meet again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: New British Strategy | 6/29/1936 | See Source »

...little history will not be amiss at this point. On June 7th, 1933, Dr. Lewald, President of the German Olympic Committee stated that "with the consent of his government", he was authorized to declare: 1) "The German Olympic Committee has delegated the mandate that has been entrusted to it to a special organizing committee composed of Dr. Lewald, Dr. Sham, the mayor of Berlin and Captain Von Tschammer-Osten, Reichssport Kommissar." Since that time, Dr. Lewald has been unable to make a statement to the press without first getting permission from the representative of the Nazi government, Von Tschammer-Osten...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Committee On Fair Play in Sports Issues Rebuttal to Bingham's Position | 11/26/1935 | See Source »

...products of Boston's United-Carr Fastener Corp. would look amiss in the notion bag of a Yankee peddler. Its line, buckles, screw machine parts, purse frames, ornaments; leather, metal and bakelite specialities; automobile hardware radio tube pins, clips, sockets, soldering lugs; fastener attaching machines; fasteners for automobile, airplane and motor boat upholstery, carpets, tops, curtains; or luggage, footwear, gloves, raincoats, overalls, caps. Chief bugaboo of United-Carr Fastener is the ubiquitous zipper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Yankee Gadgets | 10/7/1935 | See Source »

...thought the Prince was deliberately insulting him when H. R. H. turned up at a review of the Spanish fleet in civilian grey flannels and a floppy soft hat (TIME, May 16, 1927). Last week loyal British residents of Cannes and officers of the Wishart understood that nothing was amiss when Royal Edward arrived for the inspection wearing rope-soled sandals, grey linen trousers, a brick red shirt, and with sporty, Baltimore-born Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson at his side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Wishart & Wild Boars | 9/23/1935 | See Source »

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