Word: european
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week was tough-talk week for the European democracies...
Courses in psychology, modern European history, economics of public utilities, and general zoology will be offered starting this week for Greater Boston adults by the Commission on Extension Courses of Harvard and ten other Boston institutions. These are being offered in addition to the 26 courses given by the Commission last fall...
Like U. S. figure skaters, U. S. speed skaters do not show up well in European competition. At the 1936 Olympics, Norway made a clean sweep of the four speed-skating events. American skaters attribute this to lack of experience in the European (and Olympic) method of racing. In U. S., skaters race in a pack; the first man over the line wins. In Europe, there is no jockeying for position, no jamming at the turns. Skaters race individually; the man who covers the distance in the fastest time wins...
...eager is the Amateur Skating Union to make an impressive showing in international competition that they sent a half-dozen U. S. topnotchers abroad last winter to pick up experience. At the European-style Olympic tryouts last week the investment paid its first dividends. Although the No. 1 speed-skating event of the year had left the Oconomowocians cold, the American Olympic Committee announced that next year's team will be the best ever sent to the Olympics. During the week three new records were etched into U. S. skating history...
...Mildred H. McAfee, president of Wellesley College, will be the other featured speaker in the Greater Boston program which will try to point out the danger signals to American democracy that emanate from European totalitarianism...