Word: following
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...serve and the election is more than a year away, the CTM put its seal of approval on square-faced, bullnecked, 43-year-old General Manuel Avila Camacho, until recently Minister of National Defense in the Cárdenas Cabinet. Official nomination by the PRM is expected to follow in a few months...
...star onto the lot for three harried Hollywood producers will unfold when the new Pi Eta Club musical comedy, "Give, Baby, Give!" is presented Friday and Saturday evenings, March 24, and 25, at the club-houses off Bolyston Street. A formal dance, open to those attending the show, will follow the performance Friday night...
...Marquis had not finished the novel before his death. He intended to have Jack break away go to New York, and perhaps to Europe to fight in the World War. When Don Marquis tried to follow Jack from Hazelton to New York, he was beaten. He could not go on, for to break away from Hazelton society in the last few chapters would certainly not be wholly satisfactory. "Sons of the Puritans", as it stands now, is more than satisfactory...
...most significant aspect of this move to broaden selection from the ranks of university graduates is the change in service examinations from highly specific quizzes to general tests. Thus the government will follow the brilliant example of the English system in requiring of candidates some evidence of broad intellectual attainment instead of technical knowledge. While this method of examination may be an effective bar against the entrance of mediocrities in the service, its use in England proves that it can be undemocratic in excluding the less educated classes. However, the easier accessibility to a college education in this country than...
...Annual National Sportsmen's Show. There Emil Liers, Minnesota trapper, proudly exhibited his pack of twelve otters, only ones ever bred, raised and trained in captivity. He has taught them to do practically anything otter-hunting dogs can do. The heavy (average: 24 Ibs.), healthy animals perform tricks, follow a scent, retrieve pheasants and ducks with the speed of a prize cocker spaniel. As playful as "Saki's" Laura, who turned into an otter to plague a friend's husband, they are quick to learn, eager to please...