Word: bitted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...propose to give you a constitution of the type the Irish people themselves would choose if Great Britain were a million miles away." Last November fiery, wild-eyed, Manhattan-born Eamon de Valera, President of the Irish Free State, bit these words off as distracted Britain stood on the brink of the Edward-Simpson crisis...
...also greatly strengthened Leftist morale. The Basque lines again held firm, pushing back General Mola's men at several points. Then came a bit of news even more galling to the pride of Benito Mussolini than the rout at Brihuega. In an attempt to encircle Bilbao Italian troops pushed ahead. One Italian brigade reached the port of Bermeo eight miles from the capital on the Biscay coast, captured it. Here they were counterattacked by Basque militia, for the most part fishermen and their armed wives. When the Italians broke ranks, the bloodthirsty fishwives chased them into houses, beat them...
...inability to establish his identity when arrested, drunk, for breaking up the sporting goods department with a shotgun. Love and astrology are finally correlated at a store party, assisted by music from Phil Harris & Kenny Baker, a lovely dance by Miss Whitney and some low camera ballet legs. Best bit part: Romo Vincent's imitation of Charles Laughton...
First U.S. institution of higher learning to definitely abolish the torture and absurdities of fraternity Hell. Week with an educational program designed to provide "a conference of the constructive phase of fraternity life serving as a pre-initiation training for pledges." Bit-wigs of many national fraternities and many colleges and universities were on hand to watch his experiment and to voice their approval after the final session. Here COLLEGIATE DIGEST presents exclusive photos of important phases of the conferences...
...Last Puritan. I was interested in hearing that Peter Alden in the novel was in many ways like Mr. Santayana's father; and though it is not true, as many have thought, that Santayana tried to reveal his own personality through Oliver and Mario still they do reflect a bit of his general character. It seems to me that Mr. Santayana, like Oliver, is deeply moral. Daub his philosophy what you will, there is always the moral flavor. It is this morality that bridges his materialism with his mysticism. But this is all another story...