Word: moving
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Main political instrument of the Congress consists of the eleven provincial governments. In eight of them the party has a majority, in one other a strong minority. First move would be for those nine to get a vote of censure of Lord Linlithgow's statement from their respective legislatures ; then resign. After that would begin widespread civil disobedience which might cut off Britain's supply of Indian raw materials. This week, Congress orders went out to the nine strong governments to set machinery moving which might do as much to dislocate Britain's Empire as Herr Hitler...
...Division of History, Government, and Economics still tutors 35 percent of the upperclassmen, but the figures for the past three years show a steady move away from the Division as a whole. History has gained slightly since...
Through the night they could hear the metallic clatter of tank treads, the ripping tear of exhaust from trucks mired in the mud, the metallic jangle of troops in large numbers on the move. To the Allies this could mean only one thing: the Germans were moving up troops along the entire front, perhaps were readying for an attack in force. Into action went French artillery -slim 75s, big-mouthed 155s, even a few long-snouted railroad guns of big calibre, firing across the line for the first time since the war began...
Having had fun writing their report, the authors of Guide to Courses announced that a move was afoot to publish a bigger & better one, on the scale of the university catalogue, ratings to be based on a general student poll. This week the daily Californian began to publish results of such a poll, conducted by German Professor Franz Schneider (no rating). Said Guide to Courses: "Such student-controlled criticism might help the teaching staff considerably...
...Newark Merchant Louis Bamberger and his sister, Mrs. Felix Fuld) might devote themselves to the pursuit of pure learning. He brought to his Institute, housed in Princeton, N. J., Albert Einstein, a group of promising Ph.D.s. This month Dr. Flexner saw his Institute (now richer by $3,000,000) move into its own building, Fuld Hall, on Princeton's outskirts. This week, 72 and ailing, Dr. Flexner retired as the Institute's director. To succeed him, the trustees elected Dr. Frank Aydelotte, 59, president of Swarthmore College and U. S. secretary for the Rhodes Scholarships (TIME...