Word: greenness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stage set at the base of the floodlighted Washington Monument, Franklin Delano Roosevelt last week addressed 65,000 listeners massed on the slick green lawns of Washington's Sylvan Theatre. Occasion of the speech was the 150th Anniversary of the signing of the U. S. Constitution by 38 delegates in Philadelphia. Having made the Constitution the most controversial U. S. political subject of the year, the President took the opportunity to define his views on it, emphasize the familiar theme that in the past four years the Supreme Court has obstructed the will of the U. S. electorate...
...public rebuke. The split was widened by Mr. Lewis when he demanded that the Administration chastise the Southern Democrats who were scuttling the Wages & Hours Bill. For the past two months the stories about an imminent break have been inspired by none other than John L. Lewis. Meantime William Green has been a more frequent and conspicuous White House caller-a fact which has not helped the C. I. O. organizers in the field. And then came last week's meeting...
...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 as it was beside a cold mountain brook that had been dammed to make a swimming hole...
...forward wails line up with Bob Green at left end, Alex Keverkian left tackle, Wilson left guard, Time Russell center, Allen right guard, Ken Booth right tackle, and Don Daughters right end. The second line has Gibby Winter right end, Don Barkin left tackle, Nee left guard, Rick Hedblom center, Downes right guard, Tom Healey right tackle, and Win Jameson right...
...Will someone please explain to a bewildered layman what all this has to do with education?" asks Mr. Tunis in conclusion. "No wonder President Hutchins of Chicago observes that the American colleges today offer fresh air, green grass, good food and exercise, exactly the same as the resort hotels...