Word: following
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Tonight at 8 o'clock in the Leverett House Common Room, the Bunnies' Glee Club under the baton of George W. Phillips '39 will present a joint spring concern with the Boston Junior League which is directed by Mrs. Herbert Harris. The concert will follow the House dinner for the month of April...
Tokyo's live-wire, fast-growing Yominri, listed among the world's "great newspapers" in an Editor & Publisher survey, specializes in foreign news, spends heavily for scoops. Last week Yominri carried an exclusive story of eight Soviet Army officers in the Far East who decided to follow the example of two who recently escaped by airplane to Estonia, saying they had fled to avoid a purge in which hundreds of Soviet Army & Air Force officers are being secretly executed. According to Yominri, the plane in which the eight fled was chased by Soviet Secret Political Police aircraft...
...alternating black & white stripes, running vertically from top to bottom. These stripes can be adjusted in width from a maximum of five inches down to Moth inch. The animal is placed inside the cylinder, which is then turned slowly by hand. If the animal makes eye or head movements following the rotation, it is assumed that it can see the stripes. Their width is progressively diminished until the animal stops turning its eyes- thus showing that its threshold of vision has been reached. For sharp-eyed creatures which can easily follow the the 1/16th inch stripes, a further refinement...
Despite this greater candor, critics are not likely to describe Saturday Evening Post stories as very strong meat. Of the 22 in Post Stories of 1937, seven follow its classic pattern of a happy ending with marriage or its promise, and three others salute the beginnings of romance in their last sentences. The favorite story of Post writers is that of an inconspicuous worthy who is pushed around at first, finally comes out on top, usually triumphing over some flashier rival in the process. They tell it expertly, with no waste motions, sometimes with humor, frequently with a good deal...
...danger, to beauty, had seen the mother instinct come out in her in a subdued sort of way. Maybe it was because she liked the things we like; animals and green fields and wishing wells. And she had nice friends, simple people, a relief from the kind nice follow you see around the Yard. She was "different," and we liked her, and we'll be on hand to welcome Snow White when she pulls into the University this morning...