Word: heidelberg
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Zionists attempted to work out a plan similar to this and in the same spirit, Palestine would have been a different country from what it is today." Great in Israel has been Judah Leon Magnes. U. S.-born (San Francisco, 1877), he took his Ph.D. in Germany (Heidelberg). Onetime (1905-08) secretary of the Federation of American Zionists, onetime (1912-20) Leader of the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, since 1925 he has been Chancellor of the Hebrew University at Jerusalem...
...unusual. It was no timid conflict between rivals mutually afraid of each other. It was a sort of scherzo in slow motion. They explored obscure, experimental lines of play. Instead of brooding for hours in the approved fashion of chess masters, they became at times noticeably excited. At Heidelberg, Berlin, The Hague, Rotterdam, Amsterdam chess followers saw the astounding spectacle of a challenger carrying a match to the world's champion. Once Bogoljubow, in defiance of all tradition, passed up a sure draw to gamble on a doubtful win. Last week, back in Wiesbaden, he startled onlookers by leaving...
...first five chapters had pleased Literary Guild Editor Carl Van Doren, Author Anthony forwarded three chapters at a time, as written, to Publisher Knopf. She refused to hurry, Guild or no Guild. Born in Arkansas, she attended Peabody College of Teachers in Nashville, Tenn., studied in Chicago, Heidelberg, Freiberg. A brown-haired, blue-eyed, middle-aged feminist, she has gone to Russia or to England, as the case may be, to collect her biographical materials. But she writes in her farmhouse in Brookville, Conn...
...games out of the required series of 30 to keep the world chess championship. Said he: "Even the most confirmed opponent of the contention that the game is threatened with death through draws, could not have hoped for such a development." Play will be continued next week at Heidelberg...
...tuition, free board, a spare-time job. When asked whether he would "prefer charges" against Ohio State before officials of the Big Ten, Coach Vince replied, "We haven't thought of that yet. We only want to get Rosequist back." Ohio State alumni also heard themselves abused from Heidelberg (Ohio) University for trying to interview Merle Hutson, all-Ohio halfback. Ohio State officials denied all charges...