Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Considered Proposal. In the beginning all had divergent views. At times the thinking that went on aloud was "so painful" that only the tactful intervention of two secretaries with coffee could break the tension. Discarding this as inadequate and that as unsound, they slowly sweated through to unanimous agreement about what was most workable...
...wounded Dry-Goodsman William Schiller, who calls himself "The Polka Dot King." He had her under contract to wear nothing but polka dots (see cut), but lately, complained Schiller-a man who crosses his ts and eyes his dots-she had appeared dotless in public. He set out to break the contract...
...sounded again through the Harvard Yard. Since every Harvardman is either a little liberal or else a little conservative, ostensibly the trouble had something to do with politics. The Liberal Union was marching through the Yard, protesting Winston Churchill's "warmongering." Partisans of the Conservative League decided to break up the parade, and-Rinehart! The riotous reason was really spring, and like a maenadic overtone sounded the shrill, feminine piping of Radcliffe girls, now virtually coeds at Harvard...
...local papers. Liberal Union members who addressed the crowd from Widener's steps after the parades emphasized that the HLU demonstration was to arouse interest in a "Win-the-Peace" rally to be held tonight at Jordan Hall, and to oppose action against Russia, to advocate a break with France Spain, and to oppose "Atomic Militarization...
Morgenthaler thought that the higher baskets gave beanpoles like himself more of a break than ever. Said he: "There is more space under the goals . . . I didn't have to contend with little guys running under my legs and grabbing the ball. I sure hope Allen's idea goes over." The smaller Drury squad was unanimous in hoping that it didn...