Word: attendant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Directly in charge of the first regional studies program is John K. Fairbank, also an associate professor in the department of History. Through him passed both the master plan for the study and the elaborate five-day-a-week schedule of lectures whic his fourteen students attend...
...portion of the program, two ushers stalk down the two center aisles, confront each other at the front of the house and then retrace their steps to the rear, meanwhile eyeing the audience and staring down curious spectators. Sumner insists that the sole purpose of the maneuver is to attend to the convenience and comfort of his audiences and denies all reports of morning drill sessions for his usher corps...
...goes to the Mexican capital, he said, to attend the inauguration of President-elect Licenciado Miguel Aleman, as the latter's personal guest. "As such I will represent only American science," he stated...
Shapley also announced plans to attend a meeting of the Latin-American Club of the Scientific Society of America, in his capacity as president of the organization. No stranger to scientific congresses in Mexico, he has previously conducted one on astronomy and one on physics in the country...
...Gissimo greeted them gravely, served tea and cakes. Then, in behalf of China's middle-road parties, they presented a petition: would the Generalissimo postpone the Assembly until Dec. 1, in the hope that all parties might be persuaded to attend? The Gissimo said no-impossible. The nonpartisans politely persisted. Finally Chiang Kai-shek said: "Gentlemen, you have the interests of China at heart. You are nonpartisans. ... Go back to your colleagues. Test their opinions again. Find out if they will really join the Assembly should postponement be arranged...