Word: circuits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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President Conant is punctilious about answering mail, and really enjoys hitting what he and Dave Little call "the kerosene circuit"-of the 120 Harvard Clubs, scattered all over the U.S. and from Tokyo to London. Conant is a witty, effective speechmaker; he leaves the gladhanding to jovial Dave Little...
...State Department got busy on the newer developments. President Truman was cruising aboard the Williamsburg in southern waters; Secretary of State Byrnes was absent at the Paris treaty conference. Acting Secretary Dean Acheson got on the phone to Byrnes; Byrnes and Truman talked with each other over a transatlantic circuit. Lights burned late in the Hotel Meurice, Paris headquarters of the U.S. delegation. Through a conference session in the Luxembourg Palace, Jimmy Byrnes ignored the speakers, sat scribbling shorthand notes...
...circuit (100-200 miles) the car doubles back, visits each hamlet ten times before the school year ends in June. This adds up to a rugged schedule for the seven teachers. But even with a top salary of $2,000 a year, the application list is long, the teacher turnover light...
Judge Peter Woodbury, of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, presided as the Chief Justice in the fictitious Commonwealth of Ames and announced the decision of the court after two and a half hours of technical legal debating by the student competitors. He concluded with the remark that both sides had done an excellent job that augured well for their success...
...expected trouble at Baltimore, lone "Southern" city on the circuit, but got more at Syracuse, where the players ragged him a bit. Says he: "When I didn't pay any attention, they dropped it." He stays at the same hotel as his teammates in every city but Baltimore, rides in a compartment by himself on trains, gets along well with Manager Clay Hopper, an ex-Mississippian. Robinson neither drinks nor smokes. In 100 games with Montreal this year, he has made 133 hits, stolen 33 bases, scored 100 runs. With him as its top attraction, Montreal's paid...