Word: host
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...choose a new chairman. Their first choice: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Spruille Braden. He declined, on the grounds that the U.S. had held the post too often. Chosen instead, to serve till 1947: Colombia's representative to the Pan-American Union, Antonio Rocha, whose country will play host to the Union's next big party, the Bogota conference, scheduled for early next year...
...sufficiently beery, however, Fred's guests astounded him by doing what they thought was expected of them: breaking into Are You Ready for the Judgment Day, followed by other favorite Salvation Army hymns. When silence fell, a sinner rose and quaveringly confessed. Sorrowing and defeated, the free-thinking host fled into the night...
...Adam the Creator" is a play that deals in rather obvious fashion with ideals and symbols. It becomes real drama only when it descends from lofty heights-when, for example, Oddly-Come-Short, the ordinary, bewildered, and tragic "little man" provides the only human warmth and generosity amid a host of idea people who never come to life...
...Playing host to 40 AVC delegations from colleges throughout New England, the Harvard Chapter of the American Veterans Committee will join with the Boston University Chapter in co-sponsoring a one-day conference November 24 on "Problems of the Student Veteran...
...Scarlet squad boasts a strong, rugged line with a host of capable reserves and a deceptive attack. It is perhaps as versatile an offense as the Crimson will sec all year, with equal balance on the ground and in the air. Coach Harvey Harman, former director or Penn's football fortunes, is regarded as a shrewed tactician, and undoubtedly has saved a few of his brainchildren for his meeting with the Harlow squad...