Word: eves
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Aires so that Dr. Saavedra would become its president. More reluctantly Mr. Hull allowed the whole conference to be postponed for several months in order not to interfere with Dr. Saavedra's recent appearances at Geneva, and in diplomatic negotiations over the Spanish revolt. Mr. Hull, on the eve of his arrival in Buenos Aires, announced that Dr. Saavedra's receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Chaco War was "most worthily bestowed in recognition of Mr. Saavedra Lamas's outstanding service to peace not only in recent months but in many years...
...able to send to a good school because two possible fathers claimed his paternity, thus making him "almost legitimate." She is about to marry Victor Martinet (A. E. Matthews) who is aware of her past but wishes she would not talk about it so much. On the eve of the ceremony Victor is bowled over by a baroness. Dutiful Son Robert (Rex O'Malley), a doctor, saves the situation by seducing the baroness, to the consternation of his prim and jealous wife (Sylvia Field), who thought he had simply gone to Paris to deliver a baby...
...last board meeting, which was described by Vanderlip, "as a sort of confessional for the college presidents," showed that many of the university heads feel that the athletic situation "is more reprehensible than eve before...
...earlier part of the week the Yale team was still wreathed in smiles from the Princeton victory. However, as the eve of battle approached the jubilant spirit disappeared and the Elis settled down to serious work. Thursday afternoon for the first time the tarpaulins of the Bowl were peeled off and coach Pond ordered a 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...
...dinner coming as it does on the eve of the Harvard-Navy football game when many former Harvard athletes will be in Boston for the game promises to exceed in number the dinner tendered by the Varsity Club a year ago last spring when the former H men welcomed Dick Harlow to Cambridge. The response from the old athletes has been so heavy that Mr. Floyd is presently concerned with his seating arrangements...