Word: formalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Caricatures of the Past. Most formal sessions were held in the Athénée (birthplace of the Red Cross). Corridor conferences were held in a Geneva restaurant whose walls were hung with malicious caricatures of statesmen of the Europe which had just died. Cigaret smoke spiraled spectrally across figures of Laval, Briand, Chamberlain, Mussolini, as the intellectuals discussed the mistakes of the past and tried to lay a groundwork for a new pan-European peace of the mind...
Three in every four of the 11,700 new students are veterans, thousands of whom would never have come to Cambridge but for the G.I. Bill of Rights and Harvard's liberal policy of measuring veterans' achievements, rather than their formal preparation, as a basis for admission. But these newcomers fit neatly enough into the scheme of a university that has become-under its 23rd president, James Bryant Conant-increasingly national in its influence, interests, emphasis and student body...
With the resumption of the old-time formal intramural rivalry a short week away, Leverett House impromptu athletes are currently adjusting their magenta gym shorts, attuning their tennis rackets, and sharpening sundry spikes in preparation for the initial defense of the Percy S. Straus trophy they spirited away for the duration...
...unneunced political figure will address the conference at a formal luncheon and proceedings will terminate with an evening dance...
...Harvard managerial system of which its former members were justly proud and which "Life" magazine chose as the leading system in the country in 1939, is being restored in tune with the reestablishment of formal athletics. To revive the type of efficient and interested assistance which coaches and players require, ambitious and capable Freshmen are sought. The job calls for energy and application, but the rewards and attractions are ample...