Word: facing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Conn., June 10--In the face of a driving rainstorm Saturday afternoon, Coach Brown's heavy Crimson crew started out from the New London Bridge with ten racing strokes on the first official time trial of the season over the four mile course...
...Adriatic Sea from Italy. For three years the Jugoslav Parliament has delayed to ratify the Treaty of Nettuno. Last week the hot-head students believed that Prime Minister Vukitchevitch was about to yield to Italian pressure and press for ratification. Mounted ominously the hereditary hatred of rival peoples who face each other across a narrow sea. Suddenly came an insult to fire the charge of hatred. Jugoslav correspondents reported from the Italian port of Zara that a convention of Italian war veterans had met, sung songs in which Jugoslavs were referred to as pigs, and adopted a resolution...
...Reticent, reserved, not many acquaintances, but a few intimate friends. Belonging to no societies perhaps. Carrying in his face the character so plainly to be seen there by the most casual observer, that nobody ever makes to him a dishonorable proposal...
...careful, upright handwriting was perhaps the first sign the clear concise statements complete the portrait. Best of all is the sentence describing the writer's visage the face with character stamped so strongly upon...
However, though generals still loom before us who are not seniors, there remain finals to be passed. Now that the first one of five exams are over it is with renewed confidence that we face the remaining ones. When those are behind us, the desire will be to close our books until September. Doubtless we may be tempted to do some wellchosen reading. For those who are fortunate enough to come up for oral extensive reading is particularly helpful. In addition we suggest it for those who would like to see Radcliffe enter an intellectual contest. --Radcliffe Daily...