Word: counts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...admitted that the present international alignment relegates such a program to the realm of pleasant dreams. The alternative is an arms race, and in such a contest the democratic powers not only have a head start as far as resources are concerned, but also have the stamina that will count as the marathon progresses. Italy and Germany have the unpleasant choice of falling behind or of exerting such efforts that will cause their already overburdened social and economic systems to cave...
...other subjects caught the acting dean's attention. He regretted that many Harvard seniors were protesting against the stiffer entrance requirements to be introduced next fall. They probably would have worked harder had they known their college record was to count. Yet in any introduction some are unfortunately caught...
...Dear Gill. . . . After what I hope will be a short period of time I count on your returning to national public service." So wrote Franklin Roosevelt last week consenting to the retirement of John Gilbert Winant, chairman of the Social Security Board. At the same time he boosted Board Member Arthur J. Altmeyer to Mr. Winant's job, appointed Murray W. Latimer, now chairman of the Railroad Retirement Board to the vacant place on Social Security...
...figure skating championship, the hardest figuring is done by the judges. For contestants, the event falls into two divisions, school and free figures. School figures are six standard maneuvers selected by lot from the 42 that all able figure skaters have at their toe-tips. They count two-thirds of a contestant's total score. Free figures, improvisations selected by the contestants, count one-third. Contestants are judged partly on how closely the patterns made by their skates on the ice match the classic figures they attempt to execute, partly on the patterns made by their bodies moving through...
...Died. Count Francisco Matarazzo, 86, "Brazil's richest man," Italian-born Sao Paulo industrialist; after brief illness; in Rio de Janeiro. The Matarazzo United Industries produce rice, starch, rayon, cotton, liquor, fish oil, fish meal, lipstick, face powder, sugar, motion pictures, vegetable oils, linseed oil, iron and aluminum products, castor oil, coffee, flour...