Word: joined
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Into this idealistic atmosphere plunged Candidate Borah, expected by "Stop Landon" men to be the spearhead of their attack. With great emphasis on his Principles, the Senator from Idaho declared that he was first & foremost interested in the platform, refused to join a cabal against any candidate. To him the identity of the nominee was and always had been a matter of secondary importance. "I think," boomed he, "we should have a clarion call in our platform so that the average man in the street may not find it hard to read and know what it means...
...Sodality of 1808 Harvard University Orchestra Malcom H. Holmes. Conducter Valse Triste Sibelius Spanish Dance from "La Vida Breve" De Falla 4. Harvard Glee Club Praestat Hoc Nobles Chadwick O Die Frauen Brahms Der Gang Zum Liebchen Brahms Choruses from Patience Sullivan Fair Harvard The audience is expected to join in as usual with the singing of Fair Harvard...
...over the country, and some are on the road all the time, so that it is extremely difficult for them to assemble. Further more, they met a most stubborn resistance on the part of employers. Airmail and passenger-line pilots, like you, originally resented the suggestion that they join in a labor group. They are now affiliated with the American Federation of Labor...
Adding to an impressive list of expeditions, four members of the Mountaineering Club will leave New York tomorrow to join the British-Himalaya Expedition in an attempt to climb Nanda Devi, the highest peak in the British Empire...
...American Association of Variable Star Observers, whose membership of 350 includes only twelve professionals. There, for his "tremendous contributions" to astronomy, he was given the association's first merit award-a handsome certificate and a cash prize. Someone once asked Astronomer Peltier why he did not join the staff of a big observatory. He replied that 1) he was satisfied to remain a freelance; 2) he had not been invited. The fact is that amateurs render valuable service by "sweeping the sky," a game for which professionals have no time. The professional usually has his research program mapped...