Word: holdings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...surprised to learn that you have appointed me "A. M. A.'s education secretary.' I hold membership in the organization bu I am neither an officer nor an employe...
...shortly after the Armistice, a young Finn appeared in London, sought out Herbert Hoover, then chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, and appealed to him for food for his starving, war-torn country. Impressed by the facts presented, Mr. Hoover not only arranged to get hold of the food, but persuaded the Allied powers to relax the blockade still being enforced in the Baltic to allow the food to be shipped in. It was a life-saver for the nation in its struggle against the Reds...
Another change this week is the shift of Jimmy Redmon to the 121 pound class, but Ted Schoenberg will wrestle 128 again. At 135 Ray Stone managed to hold his own during the week's trials, and Thomas is all set to try to repeat his spectacular victory of last week...
What the good relaxed band does it just the opposite of the stiff band. They depend on the ear of the listener to hold the idea of a steady beat and then they begin go play behind it. This is the famous "colored lag," that which takes years to develop, and which most white bands never...
Anderson, a graduate student in English, specializing in the drama explained that the policy of reviving Restoration comedies and the like had failed to hold student interest, and was dropped after a "fizzle" in '37. "Now we even fight the tendency of importing feminine leads," Anderson said...