Word: eye
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Washington, Saito likes to recall that he has had his eye on Franklin Roosevelt ever since Saito was a humble secretary and Roosevelt was a sub-Cabineteer. Today Saito has his eye more fixedly on Franklin Roosevelt than ever. He knows that President Roosevelt's new Navy is the most potent afloat, that it is still abuilding. He knows that Washington wiseacres see this Navy as a net to prevent the Japanese carp from becoming so exuberant as to try an Eastward leap. Hirosi Saito's job is to convince the man in the White House that...
Eager to reward genial, homespun President Steadman Vincent Sanford for 35 years of service as head of the University of Georgia, the Georgia board of regents last month made him Chancellor of the State university system with orders to keep an eye on the University proper and some 20 allied institutions. Dr. Sanford's promotion left open the presidency of the oldest (chartered 1785) State university in the U. S. Last week the regents filled that post with a scholarly Atlantan who will be the youngest president of any State university...
...world tour, boxed two playful rounds with his 210-lb. friend Herbert Fleishhacker Jr.. onetime Stanford footballer. Result of the bout: a puffed nose for Footballer Fleishhacker. Said Fisticuffer Tunney: ''Herbie's wind is not so good, and I did not get a black eye as reported. In fact, you might say I haven't been hit yet. It would be a pretty pass if, after boxing 20 years and being champion, I should let myself get hit by an amateur. Perhaps Herb got a bit enthusiastic and let fly a few good ones...
Richard Evelyn Byrd : "His real talent, as I intimately saw him, was that of a promoter. . . . I don't believe that he is a self-seeker. His presentation of self is just good showmanship. . . . A Virginia gentleman, imbued with an exploration mission in life, with the left eye slightly cocked on the profit...
Resolution: That the one lecture in Government 1 interpret the week's reading, as well as develop the material more fully; and further, that the resolution concerning section men be especially applicable in this case. This resolution reads: That section men be chosen with an eye towards teaching ability and personality, rather than for their scholastic records...