Word: key
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pass 60 grave-faced seniors, one at a time, each hunting a certain man. When the senior found his junior he would slap him on the back and bark, "Go to your room!" Such was Yale's "Tap Day." when the four secret senior societies (Skull & Bones, Scroll & Key, Wolf's Head, Elihu Club) chose members. A distinctly grim overtone accompanied the proceedings-the chagrin and bitterness of men who hoped they would be wanted and were...
Callers on Pilot Francis Monroe Hawks in the Manhattan offices of Texas Co. last week were announced in a curious manner. The reception clerk would turn to a telegraph key, buzz the name and business of the caller in wireless code. From his inner office Commander Hawks would buzz a reply. Reason: preparatory to a 25,000-mi. flight over the Pan American Airways network he is brushing up on his radio...
...worth (445 pp., five love affairs), Zest is the fifth of Author Norris' monosyllabic titles. There is little apparent connection between the title and the story, whose key is given in the motto- quotation from Isaiah: "And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day." All seven in Zest get a good grip on the hero, though (Biblically speaking) he is on knowledgeable terms with only four...
...key post of Undersecretary was appointed Dean Gooderham Acheson, 41, native of Connecticut, resident of Maryland, lawyer of Washington. Secretary Woodin did not meet the man who was to be his chief fiscal adviser until after the appointment was made. Largely responsible for Mr. Acheson's selection was his good young friend. Director of the Budget Lewis Williams Douglas, whose word has impact at the White House. Long familiarity with intricate tax cases comprised the new Undersecretary's principal qualification...
...Harvard Varsity players will be picked from among S. E. Davenport '34, Richard Inglis, Jr. '33, G. H. Hartford 2nd, '34, W. E. Arensberg '33, J. F. Ray '34, F. W. Jones, Jr. '35, G. D. Key, Jr. '33, F. P. Whitbeck '35, J. K. Mitchell '34, W. E. Ingalls '35, and S. G. Haskins...