Word: neared
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...student who has to testify to his past purity is subjected to a form of political intimidation. If he wishes to avoid trouble, he will be extremely unlikely to exercise his curiosity by examining the operations and doctrines of proscribed groups. And even the student who doesn't go near NROTC headquarters will be wary of listening to ideas labeled "subversive," if he knows that a person "similarly associated" may one day jot this down on a Navy questionnaire for possible use by a government official who views all political activity as red and white...
Loss of China to the Communists is "not so serious a blow to democracy as is popularly supposed," H. V. Kaltenborn '09 told a near capacity crowd at Littauer Center last night...
...been erected on the site of the Institute of Geographical Exploration, so when the Institute was built, Cannon House had to be transported across the street to its present location. This was done in 1930--with one horse. The house was hauled intact--chimney and all--and arrived in near perfect condition...
Emerson Hall has two sets of heavy wooden, doors, both quite pleasing to the eye. As doors go they are fairly difficult to open and as classes come and go, they are damn near impossible to open. This is because everybody and his grandmother stands outside while classes change and discusses the weather and headlines for just a moment...
Fallibility. In Port Jervis, N.Y., the repair man called in to fix the cigarette machine at police headquarters found it jammed by ten phony coins. In Powell, Wyo., Patrolman Warren Schrofel, after lecturing to 400 high-school students on traffic problems, paid a $2 fine for parking near a hydrant...