Word: careers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Kraus continued his fine breaststroke career with a Freshman record-breaking 1:09.4 shattering the previous record of 1:10 which he set last December against Lynn. Although the Yardlings took all but two of the first places, their lack of seconds and thirds, especially in the 50 free-style, and in the backstroke, made Boston a continual threat to a Harvard victory...
...Perfidy." During his entire career the A. F. of L. president's franchise as a labor leader has been a union card that he holds in the Coshocton (Ohio) local of John Lewis' United Mine Workers. After splitting with C. I. O. the A. F. of L. started to play ball with a rival union, Progressive Miners of America, and John Lewis threatened to kick Miner Green out of the United Mine Workers for "treason." Since Mr. Green's home town local, whose financial secretary is Mr. Green's brother, would probably stand...
...George Armstrong, M. D., is in charge of the Army Air Corps' physiological laboratory at Dayton, Ohio. After four years of research on military and commercial pilots, Captain Armstrong reported last week that too much has been expected of the human element in aviation. "A pilot begins his career," he said, "in good physical condition, with an exceptionally stable mental and emotional system. Yet, in one study, 11% of all pilots and 50% of all those who had reached the age of 30 were suffering some form of functional neurosis or nervous breakdown. And physical breakdown resulted in retirement...
...second British magazine to lift TIME'S form and formula-has devoted a large part of its two years in business to falling between a succession of journalistic stools. Last week currency was given to the most recent and most awkward farrago in Cavalcade's career...
...more dangerous are the caprices of irresponsible students. A thoughtless attack, a distortion of fact that may seem funny at the time, a vicious opinion purporting to state college sentiment, these are all within the power of college editors, and these are the things that can cut short a career, besmirch a character or hinder the work of an endowed institution...