Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Despite the short season," Bolles added, "we should gain a lot of experience as soon as we begin competitive racing. I find that's exactly what we need." He pointed out that the crew has been handicapped by bad weather, and that examinations, as usual, cut into practice time awkwardly...
March 1, 1945. A tired, broken man, at journey's end, made his final broadcast, almost twelve years to the day since, vigorous and full of hope, he had begun his presidency. In an unsure, dragging voice, Franklin Roosevelt told the nation: "I am confident . . . we can begin to build, under God, that better world...
League play in intramural baseball and soft ball will begin on Tuesday and Wednesday, Adolph W. Samborski, Director of Intramural Athletics, announced yesterday. All games will start at 3:15 o'clock, with postponed contests played after the regular schedule...
...Overemphasis has been placed on the urgency of patching up the local sore spots of a still unhealthy world. The real cures to be derived from settlement of the war and active promotion of the peace are strangely neglected. On May first, the Peace Conference is scheduled to begin, and we suddenly realize that not one real treaty agreement has been reached. With bright optimism the Big Four foreign ministers announce plans to meet on April 25th, allowing five days to clear away a stalemate of seven months duration. Needless deadlock and crisis are likely to ensue, made critical...
Also announced in President Conant's report was the inauguration of a three-term calendar, to begin September, 1945. "The exigencies of war or the needs of returning service men will determine the schedule of our operations," said the President, establishing fall and spring terms of 16 weeks each and summer terms of 12 weeks. Credit would be granted for work done while in the armed forces, he said...