Word: blows
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...many of us the resignation of Miss Monk as Secretary to the Chairman of the Committee on the Choice of Electives comes as a severe blow to our cherished hopes of satisfying, through the guidance of a superior and kindly wisdom, the mysterious requirements of the Committee. When in our Sophomore year we were struggling with the intricacies of concentration and distribution, it was Miss Monk who smoothed away the difficulties which lay before us. And in subsequent years when we were hesitating between the selection of this or that course, it was again Miss Monk who came...
...extremists who insisted on complete and immediate socialization, and who caused some disorders, especially in Turin, have received a heavy blow in the referendum by which the workmen voted nearly three to one to accept the compromise. The radical faction may be expected to continue to make trouble, but it will hereafter be recognized as a mere discontented minority which has no honest basis for its case. Three-quarters of the workmen involved want to make haste slowly. Mr. Turati, veteran leader of the moderate Socialist group in the Parliament, in an interview reported in yesterday's Evening Post, said...
...progress will be made by shouting Bolsheviki and profiteers. What we need is thrift and industry. Profitable employment is the death blow to Bolshevism and abundant production is disaster to the profiteer...
...Crimson track entries are announced for the Yale meet on Soldiers Field Saturday. The loss of C. G. Krogness '21, who has been declared ineligible by the College Office is a severe blow to the University team...
...those who had hoped that with the accomplishment of the Endowment Fund, it would become possible for the University to retain its most eminent instructors, and to maintain a staff of professors second to none in America. To such, the departure of Mr. Laski will prove a double blow...