Word: carded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Most surprising is the opposition to the Oxford Card System which had much backing before the poll. A great deal of this opposition can be explained by a misunderstanding as to the working of that system, which many felt was just one more check-up in addition to the restrictions of the old rules. The Oxford System prescribes no other restriction than the registration of both the student and his guest before the visit and a corresponding "checking-out" after the visit. The hours when visiting is allowed are limited by University officials...
Despite the vote against it The Crimson still advocates the Oxford Card System, together with a recommendation for the conferring of University authorities and student representatives on the measures leading to its adoption...
...their unexpected recognition of General Franco's rebel bands Mussolini and Hitler are playing a gambler's last card. The defense of Madrid by the constitutional government of Spain during the past two weeks has been a spectacle of heroism and determination equalled by nothing in this or any other recent war. In the reports of impartial observers that each day the Loyalists show an increased strength and promise lies the key to Germany's and Italy's recognition...
After the registrations are received each employe will be issued a numbered identification card. Not tags (they have no strings) nor discs (they are not round), these cards will bear a triple hyphenated number, the first digits designating an area, the next an industrial group, the third an individual. Lest workers feel they are being numbered like convicts, each number is called an "Account Number" and the published regulations say, "You may have your account number changed at any time by applying to the Social Security Board and showing good reasons for the change...
There's one thing about card stunts. They, at least, are easy to stop. But a different problem arises with a band. Some pretty important people did their best to turn off Harvard's band just before the start of the third period in the Navy game Saturday, but to no avail...