Word: moments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...never inquired, when hiring men, if they belonged to a union. In the case of the cooks in the dining halls and the carpenters, electricians, and plumbers of the Maintenance Department, the union has dealt with the men individually, never with Harvard. Thus, union activities have at no moment before conflicted with, nor come to the official attention of, the University...
...Geneva. Instead Conservative Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin turned the straw votes into Conservative ballots by casting handsome young Anthony Eden spectacularly in the role of the League's Galahad, defender of Ethiopia, had the late King George V dissolve Parliament and order an election at exactly the psychological moment (TIME. Nov. 25, 1935, et ante). With the huge Conservative majority then won, Britain's present Conservative Cabinet is carrying on today under Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain who is colder to Geneva than even Mr. Baldwin was. Recently he dropped the League of Nations completely out of the annual...
...guest bathroom at Buckingham Palace and placed there a fresh cake of soap bearing the British royal arms. This was for the use of King Leopold III of the Belgians, whose state visit went off in glittering, uneventful style as scheduled (TIME, Nov. 22). At the last moment before the state ball there was substituted for the Royal Artillery Band, which even courtiers have called "lousy," swank Marshall's Orchestra. For the first time at Buckingham Palace the crowned heads danced at the same time as the 1,200 guests, whereas previously they have always danced first...
...Last week, in record time, their verdict was reached. It did not specifically mention "pilot error," did little to dispel the belief of many airmen that Earl Woodgerd, a notably careful pilot, believed all was well and he was safe on his course up to the moment he flew full speed into the mountainside. The verdict: "It is the opinion of the Investigating Board that the probable cause of this accident was a combination of the following three factors: 1) Static conditions encountered in the last portion of the flight which rendered the reception of radio range signals unintelligible...
...than writing high-flown, affectionate, freethinking notes to a young Protestant, young Jacques flees to Marseille with his easy-going friend Daniel, paces the streets and broods about right and wrong while Daniel is befriended by a warm-hearted girl who solves some moral problems for him without a moment's thought...