Word: formal
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Like most occupational groups in the U. S. the Governors of the States and Territories have a formal trade association-the Governors' Conference with headquarters and an executive secretary in Washington. And Governors have conventions. Last week they assembled in a traditional convention spot, Atlantic City, for their annual two-day outing. Only 22 went in person, some of the rest dispatching representatives. New Jersey's Hoffman played host, greeting the guests with a band, a claque of uniformed veterans, a platoon of State troopers, a motorcade of ten cars with gubernatorial license plates...
...Alois Tearoom's formal opening, every table was reserved in advance. Crowds pressed against the windows, gaped in as waiters moved among the customers, arms bobbing, chorusing "Heil Hitler." Peeved with the good German burghers who pestered him with questions about Brother Adolf, Alois next day called in a sign painter, had him plaster in German script across one wall; "Sup di duhn und fret didick und holl din mul von politik." ("Drink a lot and eat a lot but don't talk politics...
...meetings, held once every two or three weeks, include discussions and lectures on such phases of Italian culture as music, painting, the language, customs, and other things of interest to the student, whether he be of Italian descent or not. After the more formal part of the meetings, the club as a group sings various folk and popular songs of Italy...
...faculty for the evening courses this year numbers 23 local educators, drawn from the staffs of Harvard, Boston University, Tufts College, Simmons College, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and Wellesley College. The courses have no formal entrance requirements and may be counted toward the degree of Adjuncts in Arts at Harvard...
...their respective institutions buried the hatchet, smoked the pipe of peace, and united for six weeks of practical military training at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont this summer. Camp opened on June 27 and the first two weeks were spent in the concurrent camp at Fort Ethan Allen where the formal training was done. The last four weeks were spent deepen into the Green Mountains, under the slopes of Mount Mansfield, where facilities were available for artillery firing and the more practical side of field training. All hands agreed that the latter camp was the more enjoyable, placed...