Word: know
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Fuhrer again renounced Alsace-Lorraine, he promised that this Sudeten issue constituted his last territorial demand in Europe; and he did not press the minority claims of Hungary and Poland. But to a crescendo of "Sig Heil" he insisted that his present demands be met at once. His listeners know that October 1 is irrevocably...
With every starting position settled, therefore, the only questions of advancement are whether or not the top men know their stuff and how far the reserves have come along. Without doubt the Varsity know their fundamentals and are far more versed in trickery than they were even after two or three games last year...
...know how many Freshmen entered in the summer of 1638, but nine graduated in 1642. The most famous in this Class was Sir George Downing, who became English ambassador to the Netherlands, and after whom Downing Street, London, is named. A majority of the early Harvard classes returned to England for jobs; most of the rest became clergymen in New England...
...makes me feel old to reflect that I know one member of the Class of 1842 personally. Eleven of them lived into the present century, the last dying in 1911. So if the same average holds good, twenty percent of 1942 can hope to see New Year's Day 2001. Let's hope they will find that year a little more peaceful than this year of unemployment, war, and hurricanes...
...sequel to the general misunderstanding about what time it was Sunday morning afforded tardy Freshmen an opportunity to arrive late for breakfast. As late as 9:30 o'clock yawning Yardlings accosted Miss Murray, dining hall impressario, with demands for breakfast, pleading that they did not know there had been no change in time. They breakfasted...