Word: customs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...position these fancy bits take on any menu. . . . As far back as 30 years ago the Hors d'oeuvre was not even a part of kitchen curriculum. They were prepared by the butler in private homes and by the more experienced waiters in hotels and restaurants. The custom of serving tasty bits as preliminary to dinner started in Russia where they were called "Zakouski" and with the "Smorgasbord" of the Scandinavian countries, where the guests eat and drink them standing-and in a room apart from the dining room, later spreading to France, Italy and Spain. PETER BORR...
...trial did not take long. The defendants, as is Communist custom, loudly pleaded guilty. Judge Ulrich gave out the verdict: "The court has established that the defendants were employed by the military secret service of a foreign government conducting an unfriendly policy against the Soviet Union. They . . . permitted wrecking acts intended to undermine the power of the Red Army and to prepare for . . . the defeat of the Red Army in event of an attack against it. ... The special court session found all eight guilty of violating their military oath, of treason to the Red Army and of treason...
Then, at the end of the examinations, it has apparently become the accepted custom for the proctors to announce in increasingly loud voices that the examination is over and all blue books must be handed in at once. As the minutes after the hour fly by, the voices screaming for the return of the blue books become more and more like the noises of ringleaders at the circus, certainly not soothing to students who are putting on their coats and preparing to leave the scene of slaughter. And amidst all this excitement it is perfectly possible for the students...
...report making function of the Council is perhaps its most important activity. Here again over the course of years the custom has grown up of making two or three major reports a year on subjects affecting the College. Thus the House system, the tutorial system, athletics, etc., have been looked into from one angle or another. In many cases these reports have led to positive action by the College, as in the Interhouse athletic investigation this year...
...will attract chief attention. There are two reasons. His is the first speaking voice of the day after the Sheriff of Middlesex County has called the meeting and the Chairman of the Board of Preachers has spoken in prayer. Also Ogle will talk in Latin, as was always the custom in casting greetings on behalf of the Class...