Word: exaction
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...horror the thing rushed up to a high rock and thrust its great head and neck a full ten feet out of the water and waved it about as if it were getting its bearings. It was some 500 yards away and I could not see the exact shape of its head, but it was much thicker than the body. Then it sank down into the water again and sped away, making a great wash of white foam...
...indeterminate factor, and perhaps the decisive one, is the Socialist Party. How powerful it is, one has no exact way of telling; the last elections are all but forgotten. But it may be that it is the real defence against an Anschluss, for though the Socialists hate Dollfuss, they hate the Nazis, Austrian and German, even more, and have announced their readiness to proclaim a general strike, or at the worst, civil war, if any Nazi putsch is attempted. It would be odd indeed, though not improbable, if the Little Napoleon were kept in power by the party...
...second production will be presented the second week in December, but the exact play has not yet been selected. It may be an American premiere of either "Richard of Bordeaux" by Gordon Daviot, or "Gallows Glorious" which is now running in London, and there is a slight possibility that "The World of Light" by Aldous Huxley be presented. The productions will be given at Brattle Hall and will be followed by a dance...
...Marlborough Street. After a long residence in the wilds of Cambridge Province he has at last returned to the metropolis; to the same house, in fact. Through the best domestic intelligence we learn that every book, every bridge-lamp, every objet d'art and ash tray is in the exact same spot, facing the very same way as during the reign of President Eliot. Maybe this homecoming was in President Lowell's mind when, in 1909, he had large photographs made of every room and every corner. By means of these pictures, probably similar to those police use in reconstructing...
President Conant will conduct a complete survey of the financial operations of the University, it was announced last night. Although the exact purpose of this survey may be better to acquaint himself with the expenditures of the various branches of the University, it is not definitely known whether or not the new president is contemplating a drastic shake-up in the new budget of over $13,000,000 for which he is now responsible. Throughout the depression there has been no cut in the salaries. With a total of 4200 employees and $8,000,000 paid out annually in combined...