Word: fifteens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...found that about 28 men entered the dining room in the first five minutes. The second five minutes brought 45. From this point, a graph prepared by the committee showed a steady drop. Approximately 50 per cent of the men ate during the first half hour. In the last fifteen minutes only 15 per cent were represented...
...returned. The Reading Room regulations require books to be checked in by nine, and yet the Room opens at just a quarter to the hour, with the result that a man who has borrowed a book overnight is put to no little inconvenience in arriving at Boylston in the fifteen minutes before nine o'clock. Both Freshmen and House members are put to the necessity of scurrying for Boylston at a moment when the imminence of a nine seven class makes composure imperative...
...intend to send a "jibbering crew" of "febrile souls" to "dog the heels" of the Cadet paraders. Our protest against Militarism and Imperialist War was to take the form of an Armistice Day demonstration which was to precede the parade of the Cadets by more than fifteen minutes. In fact, we feel that the cadets should be in sympathy with our anti-war ideology, as should every sane human being...
...cold, biting wind yesterday afternoon, Eugene H. Walker '37 covered the four mile cross country course along the Charles in 27 minutes, 43.4 seconds to win the annual University handicap cross country run. John P. Scheu '35, promising varsity harrier, without his handicap of fifteen seconds had the best actual time. Hampered by the weather conditions, Robert S. Playfair '36, the only man to start from scratch, failed to finish among the leaders. Yesterday's race was the last true competition the varsity runners will have before the I. C. 4A. meet which takes place in New York City...
...infamous twenty-one demands, she tried in 1918 to gobble up Siberia, but found herself incapable of digesting such a large bite and was forced to disgorge. Inflamed by a frenzied economic nationalism, Japan apparently now considers herself able to swallow the morsel that stuck in her gullet fifteen years...