Word: intendent
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...interfere with the movement of British troops, but it is sure to engage British attention." Gandhi also ordered his followers, in the event of disturbance, to protect Britons even at risk of their own lives. From all this it could be concluded that Gandhi did not intend to hamper Britain's war effort by calling strikes, but might stage some vast, symbolic demonstration aimed at shaming Britain. Rumor had it that he would call on hordes of Indians to approach Britons individually, saying: "Please leave India and go to England, which is your home...
Woodcut. Canny Connecticut doesn't intend to freeze next winter, no matter how short the supplies of coal and oil. Governor Robert A. Hurley approved last week a drive to list all wood lots where residents can cut kindling and logs in their spare time now, for thorough seasoning before cold weather...
...Captain Randolph Churchill, who is on duty in the Middle East. But the Commandos have a hardening, unsocial leaven. When a Commando unit raided Boulogne last April, one of the officers was a onetime London police inspector who stepped ashore in carpet slippers. Said he: "I intend to invade France in comfort...
...said that Corps members may wear "inconspicuous" makeup, may wear civilian clothes on leave, will wear girdles if they bulge unmilitarily, will not be disciplined by confinement in Army guardhouses. As to the all-important uniform, prospective WAACs sighed with relief to find that the Army does not intend to design it. Miss Dorothy Shaver, vice president of Manhattan's Lord & Taylor, has charge of that momentous problem. Permitted to watch, as Mrs. Hobby was crisply sworn in, was Mr. Hobby. Said Reporter George Dixon of the New York Daily News: "If ever a man looked...
...record class of approximately 1100 students is expected to accept admission to the College this summer and fall, Richard M. Gummer '07, chairman of the Committee on Admissions, announced yesterday, and 55 percent of these, or about 605 intend to come in June...