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The worst of the lesser evils around Harvard Square in recent years has been the practice of panhandling by clever professional hums. Newcomers to Harvard, especially, should be aware of this insidious form of getting aims, for by giving these men nickels and dimes they stoop to the weakness of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMENDING SAINT PAUL | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

That droning--an airplane? Japs? Germans? Reds? It swells and fades, angry, important, businesslike. Ah, a wasp, or is it a hornet, zooms gracefully through the window and roars headlong into the closet. Sudden silence. Probably sampling the various gravy and beer spots on the Vagabond's suit. That'll...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 6/1/1938 | See Source »

"Names make news." Last week these names made this news: In 1788 John Adams and his wife, Abigail, brought from England to their new home in Quincy, Mass, a Yorkish rosebush. Wife Abigail planted it behind the house, close to the library windows. That summer it bloomed, white & yellow. Last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 25, 1934 | 6/25/1934 | See Source »

The building is the main center of action here. Its corridors are thronged. It hums. The eyes of the nation are focused on it.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Griffin Describes Activity About Washington as N.I.R.A. Organizes | 8/1/1933 | See Source »

The granting of such powers to the Executive constituted a declaration of war by the American Congress on the economic situation as then existing. The execution of the laws is being effected in the spirit of war. Washington hums with activity comparable to the days of 1917-18. That there...

Author: By Guernsey T. Cross, | Title: NEWS FROM WASHINGTON | 8/1/1933 | See Source »

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