Word: exactions
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Edward S. Harkness will give to the University a total of $11,392,000 for the purpose of carrying out its plan for subdividing the undergraduate body into small residential groups, it was announced yesterday from University Hall. The official statement revealed for the first time the exact sum necessary for the ultimate completion of the House Plan and was the first authoritative announcement that Mr. Harkness is the donor...
Though drastic censorship precluded exact knowledge of what was taking place, a symposium of rumors confirmed reports that His Majesty had proclaimed the termination of all "reforms"-such as the edict requiring men to wear pants (TIME, Sept. 10)-and was making desperate efforts to rally his troops and recover the loyalty of his people as a whole...
Finally, a funeral ceremony was held; Rickard was praised, sung over, paraded through the streets and put into the ground, at Woodlawn Cemetery near Manhattan. Two nights later, in the exact centre of Madison Square Garden, there was a prizefight and a ceremony. The ceremony was simple: Jack Dempsey climbed through the ropes; the announcer, red-faced Joe Humphreys, made a gesture; the lights went down; a bugler played taps. Presently the lights went on and Jimmy McLarnin, of Vancouver, Wash., beat Joe Glick, Brooklyn tailor...
...body of Tex Rickard was laid in the exact centre of Madison Square Garden, the arena which he built, enclosed in a glass-topped coffin, through which 35,000 members of the migratory public peered at his face?waxed to a semblance of life...
When questioned by a CRIMSON reporter last night, McGovern stated that he had not decided upon his exact curriculum at Oxford but that he would probably study political science and law. He announced his intention of entering public life when his course was completed...