Word: briefness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...brief investigation" is the base of an open charge by two undergraduates that last spring $2700 was raised under the false pretense of sending an ambulance to the territory of the Spanish Government. Obtaining money under false pretenses is a criminal act punishable by imprisonment, and the authors of such a written accusation must prove their case or be prepared to defend themselves against a suit for criminal libel...
...brief investigation" revealed that the medical supplies were in New York on August 7, and Mr. Hart and Mr. Curtiss strongly imply that the equipment is still in New York. Any serious attempt to discover the truth would have revealed that the supplies were shipped within a week after, and that it was impossible to ship them earlier. Under what "false pretenses" was the money collected" Mr. Hart and Mr. Curtiss apparently base their charge that the solicitors deliberately deceived the students on the grounds that the supplies were used "to aid Moscow in Harlem." It is needless to point...
Since the faculty, students, and employees of Harvard College donated $2,700 last spring for an ambulance for a neutral medical unit, we, the undersigned, having conducted a brief investigation, feel that the contributors to the fund should know for what purpose their money was spent...
First chapter in the managerial history of '41 was begun yesterday afternoon when 17 candidates reported to Manager Bob Whitman at the Varsity Club. After a brief meeting in which the immediate duties ad eventual privileges were outlined, the "efficiency squad" was led to Soldiers field and put to work...
...economics, with incidental articles in related fields, the Guardian has established, all in all, a high standard for an undergraduate journal. Several of the essays could be printed, without apology, in a scientific publication of a semi-popular character. An additional virtue is their perfectly academic tone. In brief, the contributors and editors of the Guardian deserve sincere congratulation for their achievements to date...