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Word: elected (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...field of Engineering Sciences at Harvard does not attempt to compete with the ordinary four year technical school in giving the student a highly specialized vocational training. Rather it offers the student preparation in mathematics and the basic sciences of engineering, while giving him ample time to elect courses in other fields. The field had 107 concentrators last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fields of Concentration | 6/3/1938 | See Source »

Robert Haydock, Jr. '39 was yesterday elected captain of the track team for next year. The captain-elect, who lives in Hewlett, Long Island, is holder of the Harvard record in the high jump at six feet 3 1/4 inches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACK TEAM NAMES '39 CAPTAIN, BOB HAYDOCK | 6/3/1938 | See Source »

Varsity gridmen here hailed the earlier starting date. Captain-elect Green was of the opinion that the harder schedules taken on by the Big Three brought the starting date situation to a crisis. "We start with Brown and Cornell next year," he said, "and we need the extra time for conditioning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Balks at New Agreement For Earlier Fall Grid Practice | 5/31/1938 | See Source »

...however, was evident when he nominated loyal Henchman Dr. Jacinto B. Peynado as his successor. Just where Boss Trujillo stands in his henchman's estimation is evident from the neon sign which glitters on the front of Peynado's home. It reads: GOD AND TRUJILLO. Says President-elect Peynado: "It will remain there as long as I live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Henchman In | 5/30/1938 | See Source »

...similarly minded gentlemen, Brokers Edward Allen Pierce and John Hanes, helped elect mild, supposedly liberal Charles R. Gay as Exchange president in place of Richard Whitney. But Gay presently swung to the right: when the market crashed last August he made a speech blaming it on SEC regulation. Paul Shields then took it upon himself to go see SEC Chairman William O. Douglas. Thenceforth, while Douglas attacked from Washington, Paul Shields and John Hanes worked from within. The Richard Whitney affair was the Trojan horse which delivered the Exchange into their hands. John Hanes then went blithely to Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Salted | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

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