Word: greenes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When the Big Green athletes swoop down from the hills of Hanover, or the Sons of Old Eli invade America's Number One University, hospitable Harvard furnishes them a quiet night's rest in some comfortable Boston hotel. After a night's sleep that may or may not have been passed to the accompaniment of clanging street cars and vociferously tooting taxis, the out-of-town athletes must trudge, bag in hand, through the baffling intricacies of Boston's subway system before finally reaching their destination. All this would be changed if Harvard had a dormitory unit which could house...
Descriptions vary widely, from a "tall brunette," a "blonde with green eyes," a "red-head with green eyes," to a "milkmaid." One writer, to clear up any misconceptions, said coyly in the middle of a letter, "I'm a girl, of course...
...reporters pitched pennies at a line in the corridor (chief winner: A. F. of L.'s Press Agent Phil Pearl) the negotiators in Room 105 wrangled for five hours., consumed $11.90 worth of sandwiches, coffee and milk. The results were inconclusive but the conferences went on. Said William Green in Washington: "... I solemnly declare we will never liquidate the American Federation of Labor for anybody...
Barked A. F. of L.'s negotiators (after telephoning Bill Green at Coshocton): ". . . The C. I. O. proposal does not offer any possible solution. . . . We are convinced that it was not even designed for serious consideration...
...welcome Mr. Whitney as a boss-had to reverse themselves and consider the Lewis proposal seriously. Franklin Roosevelt startled them with the news that Teamster Dan Tobin had agreed to rejoin their committee. Having first refused to serve as an A. F. of L. negotiator because he thought William Green's terms precluded peace (TIME, March 13), Dan Tobin returned 'to the committee in effect as a representative of Franklin Roosevelt, giving C. I. 0. a friend on A. F. of L.'s side of the table...