Word: informant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...each Freshman shall procure slips at the Union for the House he wishes to visit with the understanding that it will be necessary to limit the number of slips given out for any one meal at any one House so as to prevent overcrowding; (3) that the Houses shall inform the Union of any special functions, House dinners, etc., to which the privilege will not apply; and (4) that Freshmen are urged but not required to visit the Houses in company with upperclassmen...
...created some 70,000 Federal jobs outside the Civil Service and cries of "too much patronage" are now rising louder & louder. But hungry Congressmen remain unsatisfied. Last week as prelude to a House caucus on patronage six Democrats headed by Speaker Byrns marched into the White House to inform President Roosevelt that Representatives were not getting proper service on their requests for patronage, that one prominent official had actually insulted patronage-seekers by telling them to "go to hell." The President said he would investigate. As the delegation marched out one Representative grumbled: "That's just a stall...
...emphasis will be placed on the explanations of playfair and Braman Gibbs'36, the members of the Council, who were appointed to direct the election, concerning their management of the Voting and the recount. They will probably explain why they decided to hold the recount, why they did not inform the Council that it was contemplated or in progress, and why they released the results to the Transcript without informing any College authority...
Fearful that the latest move of the Legion of Decency . . . indicates what inflictions might be made on other forms of entertainment, other than the cinema, by . . . Roman Catholics, kindly inform me whether or not an anti-league movement has been organized...
...When the card system was initiated," said Russia's Premier, ''our enemies prophesied the inevitable collapse of the Soviet Government. Subsequent events have laughed at these prophecies. I can now inform you that the plenum of the Central Executive Committee of the Party, at the personal instance of Comrade Stalin, has voted to abolish bread cards, effective...