Word: objections
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ugly little Jewish monkey." Once his name was mentioned by defendants in the recent Plot-Against-Stalin trial, farcical though that was, the Soviet Commissariat for Internal Affairs set secret police to see what they could "get" on Radek. In Russia such agents seldom fail on such assignments. The object in this case was to link Radek with Stalin's enemy, Trotsky...
...exhibiting a shyness which sometimes produces an effect of megalomania. Last week, when Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Minneapolis, a civic group suggested that Bierman and the President be photographed together. Bierman refused on the grounds that foot ball and politics do not mix. He said he would not object if the President came to see him. Almost speechless in the presence of reporters, luncheon clubs and radio interviewers, he often sits up till 3 a. m. working out plays. When Bierman is creating, his wife and two sons creep quietly about the house. At practice, Bierman stands almost still, speaks...
...fearlessness that called for cheers from the entire audience, he saved it from the threatening advances of Jim (Jim's only display of emotion all afternoon.) But his hardest test was yet to come. Apparently unversed in the art of dousing a spinnaker, this hero attempted to close the object while still facing full into the gale. Result: one umbrella, inside out. Undaunted, he wheeled around, let the wind restore it to its original shape, closed it and returned triumphantly to his escortee...
...First Folio was formerly owned by Frederick Locker-Lamson, the English poet, and contains most of Shakespeare's works. The frontispiece bears an engraving of the great dramatist, as do all of the first four Folios. This engraving has always been an object of ridicule by those who hold to the theory that Bacon wrote the works accredited to Shakespeare. These Baconians claim that the picture is nothing more than a mask, a back, and two left arms. Ben Jonson, however, according to all true Shakespearians, refutes this definitely in his verse which accompanies in his verse which accompanies...
...principle object of these tours is to make undergraduates acquainted with the intricacies of the files and catalogues of the Library. Hamlin also hopes to open up a field of research for bibliophiles in the history of books as represented by valuable and rare volumes in the possession of the University...