Word: fields
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sentence in important Soviet cases must be wholly in the holograph of the presiding judge, who can thus be held personally responsible by Stalin for every word and punctuation mark. Last week Judicial Field Marshal Vasily Ulrikh, delivering the sentence of the Soviet Supreme Court upon 21 Russian civilians, read clear through his long manuscript without once looking up at any of the 18 he condemned to death,* or the three he sentenced to imprisonment.† The sentence was delivered at 4:30 a. m. and out went the three judges quickly into the dead of night...
...last week Johns-Manville's President Lewis H. Brown, having mystified many a stockholder, startlingly reversed his field when he issued an 18-page illustrated annual report to his workers. "Here is what happened," said Mr. Brown, "to the $39,861,579 which we added to the value of the raw materials and products bought for resale after they reached our plants: We paid in salaries and wages to Johns-Manville jobholders $20,354,000. Our taxes, Federal, State and local, were $2,077,000. For research and development of new and improved products and processes...
...critics for two reasons. They revealed his command of native dialect and his willingness to enter into the minds of recognizable U. S. types to see what made them tick. Thus, in Appointment in Samarra, he explored the consciousness of a Pennsylvania Cadillac dealer who committed suicide; in Butter field 8, the crossed-up life of a New York speakeasy girl who had better reasons for letting herself...
...field day with sports for all comes the next day, and a pops concert at Symphony Hall in the evening. Class day exercises in the Stadium and the Yale Baseball game are on the rester for the third day. After Commencement exercises in the Yard on the last day, the class meets for the Farewell Luncheon and then departs for home...
...hard runner and good defense man, he is expected to give the Britishers plenty to worry about. Constable's speed and shifty open-field running show to advantage in rugby, where no blocking is allowed. A hard tackler, as those who played football against Princeton last year will remember, he is also one of the best punters on the field...