Word: formals
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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London of the Bank Holiday, Whitmonday, while a gusty wind blew the cold rain down Downing Street. The next day the formal signing, with Churchill's gold-bound pen, took place in Eden's red-leather-chaired room under a bust of the younger Pitt...
...mean that Russia had abandoned her demand that after the war the Baltic States (which Russia held at the time of the German attack a year ago) be given back to her as protection against future German aggression. It meant only that Russia had abandoned her demand for a formal commitment at this time...
...tennis matches may be arranged with Greater Boston teams, including Army and Navy aggregations, but there will be no formal schedule...
...greatest emphasis will be on inter-House competition, which will fill in the gaps left by the abbreviated intercollegiate program. Freshmen will be admitted to House teams as well as Varsity teams for the first time, and the Student Council has made a formal suggestion that Freshmen should have special Freshman teams in all the Houses...
These special Committees have always made a practice of consulting intimately with Student Council Committees established to deal with parallel problems. Although their formal authority ranks lowest in the official hierarchy, Student Council members have always been accorded full hearings, and their recommendations are often considered in full Faculty meetings. Many of the recent changes in Harvard's makeup have been conceived by the Council, studied by a Faculty Committee, voted by the Faculty, inaugurated by the Corporation, and then given the final stamp of approval by the omnipotent Board of Overseers...