Word: eight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Work Half-Done. Outstanding upon the 70th Congress's list of good intentions when it met were eight measures, varying from a flood control outlay to radio legislation. Of these eight intentions, four had been debated, three passed by one or other of the houses and five not yet acted upon by either house, up to last week. The half-done work was as follows...
...then national G. O. P. treasurer, asked Mr. Patten to write out a check for $25,000 to help meet the deficit incurred in the Harding campaign. He said he would give Mr. Patten $25,000 worth of Liberty Bonds in return. The deficit still amounted to six or eight hundred thousands, Mr. Upham told Mr. Patten...
Last week Mrs. Runciman, M.P., was congratulated by her eight fellow female M.P.'s including famed Lady Astor, upon the fact that she is the only one of them with a husband in the House. Husband Runciman, as everyone knows, was recently President of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom (1926-27), and is gradually taking over the superintendence of his father's shipping interests. Father & father-in-law Sir Walter Runciman, no longer a seaman but an ardent yachtsman, has recently completed an autobiograpical work of much gusto and sap, entitled appropriately Before the Mast...
...competition for the Freshman baseball managership will open Monday, when candidates will report at the H. A. A. at 8.40 o'clock. The contest will last eight weeks, ending with the Yale trip. Two men will be given the positions of manager and assistant manager respectively...
...contest will be open to all members of the University. Relay teams representing both the Law School and the Business School will compete among others. In addition a fancy diving event will be held for which eight dives must be performed according to the collegiate point system. Entries for the meet may be left in the blue book in the Big Tree building. It was also announced that life saving classes would begin work with the regular instructor next Monday afternoon...