Word: clockings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Generalissimo Franco's hour of final triumph seemed near at hand, while for the Spanish Republic the clock struck eleven. The Loyalists' attempt to divert the crushing offensive of superior Rebel equipment by offensives of their own, first in Extremadura, next at Brunete, finally near Toledo, petered out. For the first time, the Rebels refused to be diverted...
...headquarters came the admission that no immediate capture of Barcelona could be expected. For the Generalissimo there have been many moments before in the 30-month war when victory seemed to be in his grasp, only to be snatched away by a sudden Loyalist stiffening. Eleven o'clock has struck many times before for the Loyalists, but one thing was certain last week: the well-trained but poorly equipped Loyalist Army would be forced to continue to retreat until it had better and more guns...
...America at Its Best" will be the title of a free, public, illustrated lecture tomorrow afternoon at the Institute of Geographical Exploration at 4 o'clock. The speaker will be John B. Breed '40, who has traveled extensively throughout America...
...Medieval Love Lyrics" will be the topic of an informal lecture at the Poetry Room of the Widener Library, Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock, by assistant Professor B. J. Whiting...
With no Radeliffe girls in sight, the Cambridge Student Co-operative Society's dining hall will get its formal opening in the basement of Andover Hall today at 12:30 o'clock when the 180 members sit down with their invited guests...