Word: interest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thirdly, "314" is planned as a unifying force within the College. It will document each senior's career, and further, it hopes to serve as a review and evaluation of each year for every undergraduate. By so doing it seeks to elicit undergraduate support and interest as a secondary effect and thus again add to the strength of its staff...
...Jethroe, the Negro centerfielder and leadoff man of the Montreal royals for the past two seasons, should provide more customer interest for the Braves, Hurryin Sam stole 89 bases for Montreal in 1949 and batted 323, an average compiled mostly from line drive singles and doubles land successful bunts. He comes to a team which needs a centerfielder worse than any in the majors, and which needs speed on the basepaths even more...
...cinemansions, which sell $500 million worth of popcorn and candy a year, had something new last week to interest moviegoers who merely want to see and hear the picture: a porous popcorn bag that is not only crackle-proof and explosion-proof but cannot (its manufacturers claim) be filled with water and dropped from the balcony...
Unable to strike at CHADE, March turned his attention again to Barcelona Traction. In February 1948, an obliging judge in the small Catalonian town of Reus declared that, since Barcelona Traction had not paid the interest on its bonds, it was bankrupt. Franco's authorities moved in, evicted Barcelona Traction's officers from their Barcelona headquarters, and ushered in Juan March...
Harvard has a direct interest in all this. The Seminar was started here by graduate students in the University. It is sponsored by the Student Council and draws its administrative staff from the undergraduate body. Members of the faculty have taken part in each session. Unfortunately, however, direct participation is limited to the few staff and faculty members who can be accommodated at Leopoldskron, the Seminar's castle home. Since the school is conducted must be considered as taking a place from a student, any increase is undesirable...