Word: fr
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...much like those of the Western world. Dr. Sun Yatsen, who founded the Chinese Republic in 1912, stirred up many enthusiasms but not mass music. China did not get a national anthem until 1924, and that one never caught on. But the Chinese did pick up a Western round-Frère Jacques-to which they sang such sentiments as Down with the militarists, Down with the war lords, Down with oppression...
Battery practice resulted in nothing more than a shock for the Mount Auburn Street humorists when they discovered that Prexy Coles Phinizy, slated to take the mound Thursday when the two teams meet in their annual jeu de baseball (Fr.), didn't know how to use resin or cut plug and had never heard...
...then president of the French War Veterans in the U. S. Other founders were General de Gaulle's representative, Jacques de Sieyes, who is president of Patou (perfume); Maurice Garreau-Dombasle, longtime French commercial attaché in Washington; Captain Roger Etienne Brunschwig, founder of the French "Broken Faces"; Frédéric G. Hoffherr, Barnard and Columbia professor, who became France Forever's publicity director. France Forever is General de Gaulle's agency in the U. S., expects to attain Embassy status if Unoccupied France is ever taken over by Germany...
...Individual Scoring Name & Col. 1 2 3 mr-fr Pts Powers, Har. 6 0 0 0 0 30 Wiley, Navy 5 0 0 1 1 28 Potter, Dart. 4 0 0 1 0 22 Parke, Prince. 2 3 0 1 0 21 O'Mara. Dart. 3 0 1 2 0 19 Curwon, Har 3 1 0 0 0 18 Carney, Dart. 3 1 0 0 0 18 McKinley, Col. 1 2 2 0 2 17 Wilhelmy, Dart. 3 0 0 0 1 17 Stowell, Har. 0 5 1 0 0 16 Bosworth, Har. 2 2 0 0 0 16 Conger...
Legend--Scoring computed on basis of 5 points for first, 3 for second, 1 for third, 1 2/3 for participation on winning medley relay team (MR) and 1 3/4 for free style relay team (FR). Fractions carried to nearest point...