Word: exception
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...examiners were no match for their witness. Nevada's tawny old Pat McCarran was confounded by the Professor's Socratic questions. Asked by Senator Borah how the Civil Liberties Union stood on Communism, the Professor neatly replied, "So far as I know it has no attitude except to carry out its function of seeing that Communists get their Constitutional rights, along with Henry Ford, the Nazis and the Klan." Climax came when, pointing his finger at McCarran, Lawyer Frankfurter said slowly and succinctly...
...time fortnight ago, exchange control appeared virtually to bar all imports from Japan (perhaps in retaliation for Japan's refusal to buy New Zealand wool), and cut other imports from 20% to 80%. British imports were cut least. The policy had the same effect as extremely high tariffs, except that restraining pressure was put on local importers rather than on foreign businesses...
...chain has been in operation for several years, but until this year residents were able to worm out along the squash court sidewalk. This year another post has rendered this impractical for anything except Austins, bicycles, and scooters...
Brown won the meet, 38 to 37, in a thrilling series of heart-breaking climaxes that left Crimson spectators almost as spent as the competitors. Every event except the 220, won by Eric Cutler with Frannie Powers at his heels, and the 400 relay which was won by Harvard after the fate of the meet had been decided, ended up with a nerveracking finish. The sad part of it all was that in most of the last lap surges Crimson tankmen were bettered...
...girls have the same participation requirements as the boys except that they have grades and credit for sports instead of skill tests, and of course, they do not compete with the boys. Cheecrleading may be good enough for meet weatern college girls, but not so for the amazons of Hiram...