Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ample for running expenses by the financial boards. The collection is a bit more tedious than in other houses but the degree of surety is much greater, the interest spread in the workings of the House committee is far wider and the general result in satisfaction repays the initial effort many times over...
...accompanied by her husband, Il Duce's protégé: the Italian Foreign Minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano. This amiable and rather plump young man has had difficulty in acquiring the mien of his father-in-law the Dictator, but has now learned to frown almost without visible effort. It was a proud moment when even the U. S., British and French ministers to Austria raised their wine glasses as Chancellor Schuschnigg proposed the toast to Mussolini's new Empire-even though these three diplomats set down their glasses without drinking...
...much of this generosity was inspired by the Roosevelt landslide was impossible to determine. Certainly the rush to raise wages that developed in industry after Nov. 3 looked suspiciously like a hasty effort to climb aboard the band wagon of a President who is deeply indebted to Labor. Only big industry to get aboard ahead of time was Packing, which upped its scales 7% one week before Election. Steel hopped on as soon as returns were in. Wage boosts followed in the textile and automobile industries, in hundreds of miscellaneous manufacturing enterprises throughout the land. By last week United Press...
...student who comes to Harvard is convinced that this college offers the best education there is. He pays for the privilege of entering by passing high entrance examinations, later by a considerable expenditure of effort, by tuition, and high living costs. There is, however, a substantial, if not entirely vocal body of student opinion which denies Harvard's superiority as an undergraduate institution. These students wonder if the College will ever again see a Bliss Perry or a Charles Townsend Copeland, and whether the educational ideas of Harvard are not being transformed into a pattern which may eventually resemble that...
...secret session behind locked gates. For the most part the Yale practice was devoted to dummy scrimmage against the Crimson plays which were effectively stopped. As might be expected the famous combination of Kelley-Frank was given considerable attention, and there is no doubt that Kelley will make every effort possible tomorrow to duplicate his previous Big Three performances. Dave Colwell has now completely recovered from his operation and will be on hand to handle any difficult punting assignment that might arise. Bill Dickens has also returned to the Blue fold after a long absence due to a knee injury...