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Word: appointive (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Schemer von Papen was more success ful in putting the skids under the German Republic. One of the last of the Republic's Chancellors, he wanted to get back into the driver's seat. With Junker sup port, he helped persuade President Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Adolf Hitler Chancellor, believing naively that the Fiihrer would become a figurehead and that he, von Papen, as Vice Chancellor would be the real power in a "Barons' Cabinet." Only hitch came when the Nazis, once in power, took the bit in their teeth and ignored Driver von Papen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Iscariot to Ankara | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

John J. Rowe '06, newly elected head of the Associated Harvard Clubs, told the committee that he would appoint the Alumni sponsors as soon as possible and that he was confident the campaign would be a success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALUMNI ENDORSE LATIN-AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...undergraduate group which aims to establish a Rhodes system of national scholarships here for students from American Republics said that the Associated Harvard Clubs will appoint a committee to raise funds for the proposal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALUMNI ENDORSE LATIN-AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...McNamara who last fall was a leader in the "City of Harvard" movement. Six weeks ago it was he who got the Council to pass a resolution requiring Mayor Lyons to appoint a citizens' committee to confer with University Hall. And it was the same McNamara who on Tuesday night reopened the question when he traced for the Council the tripling of Harvard's tax-exempt real estate value since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Talks Taxes With Cambridge; McNamara May Fight 'Bad' Settlement | 4/20/1939 | See Source »

Coming into a more basic contact with the features of the area concentrations themselves, the Dean will appoint a committee from the faculty to investigate the desirability of general concentrations in each area: natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chase Picks Committees for Faculty Council Scheme; Proposals Discussed | 3/28/1939 | See Source »

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