Word: bureau
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...near midnight, sultry and sullen, when the Weather Bureau discovered a hurricane blowing up in the Gulf of Mexico. Somewhere near the coast of Yucatan, 540 miles south-southeast of New Orleans, it hovered above the tropical water like some unearthly monster about to heave itself into the sea. Its center, three miles across, moved at 17 m.p.h., while around its periphery in a vast, pumping circle the winds raced counterclockwise at 100 m.p.h. or more. Reaching out 150 miles on either side of its "eye," it moved for three days over the Gulf as if feinting for an opening...
...bureau to investigate complaints about unfair prices or poor service of Harvard Square stores will shortly be set up by the Student Council. This is the most important of several now activities outlined by the Council at its recent meeting...
...Consumer's Aid" bureau is an attempt to aid students who feel that they are being charged an exorbitant price for merchandise or are not being given for adequate and thorough service for the price which they are asked...
William Bollay, instructor in Applied Mechanics and head of the C.A.A. courses at Harvard since they began two years ago, will leave the University today for Washington, where a commission in the Navy and a post as aviation specialist in the Bureau of Aeronautics awaits...
Although he will continue his work with the government for the duration of the national emergency, Bollay has not severed all connections with Harvard and will be technically on a leave of absence pending his return. As an on sign in the Naval Reserve, he will report to the Bureau of Aeronautics, part of the Navy Department, on October...