Word: minority
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...consistent and hot-headed an advocate of Philippine independence as a minor Filipino politician named Narciso Lapus. Because he disapproved of the appointment of Nicholas Roosevelt as vice-Governor of the Philippines in 1930, he challenged him to a duel, whereupon startled Herbert Hoover changed signals, appointed Mr. Roosevelt Minister to Hungary. Lately Narciso Lapus has been disturbed by the coolness which Philippine President Manuel Quezon and Quintin Paredes, Philippine Resident Commissioner in Washington, have displayed toward a House resolution-introduced by Representative Thomas O'Malley of Milwaukee-"to provide for the immediate and complete independence of the Philippine...
...season (an all-time record), his 28 victories in his first year of big-league baseball (1911). But last week "Old Pete" was managing a hotel ball team called the Springfield Empires-a station he had reached via the characteristic twilight trail from major-league to minor-league to semi-pro baseball, including an interval of barnstorming with the bearded House of David troupe...
Having occupied the present building for ten years, the administration of the museum has decided on a few minor changes. These will include relighting and shifting the Persian Collection...
...Labor Spy-who will circulate among the men and find out just exactly what is on their minds and why. I'm not referring to labor unions; unions are only one phase of the labor espionage business and, until the past five years, a very minor part...
...concert halls Delius' music was always more talked about than heard. Even those U. S. concertgoers who knew something of his work thought of him primarily as an Impressionist composer of small-scale, poetic pieces for orchestra, a sort of minor Ravel. Last week, Manhattan music-lovers were jolted into rating Delius many notches higher. His 33-year-old Mass of Life, given a belated U. S. premiere by Conductor Hugh Ross and the Schola Cantorum, proved the outstanding event of the concert season so far, revealed its composer in a new and very different light. No impressionist miniature...