Word: os
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...inauguration last week of Juan Antonio Ríos Morales as 22nd President of the Republic of Chile was simple and democratic. Entering the Honor Hall of Parliament as a private citizen, he advanced to the rostrum, took an oath to respect the Constitution, donned the red, white & blue sash-of-office which retiring Vice President Gerónimo Méndez doffed. As "Don Anónimo" Méndez walked out, Don Juan Antonio briefly announced his Cabinet and policy. Both reflected the man, as the man mirrored the epoch...
...dominant groups in Chile are sharply split on foreign policy. Until their conflicting interests are resolved, they agree that what they need is a firm government of "Center concentration" under a strong-man mediator. It is a case where the policy is the man, and Ríos was perfectly cast for the role...
...Policy. Of less distinguished origin than any President since Balmaceda, Juan Antonio Ríos, at 53, is a tough and dynamic fighter, a stubborn and lonely man, come up the hard way. He stands as supreme arbiter of not yet completed struggles. His specific plans he has so far kept to himself-except for the announcement that he will demand extraordinary financial powers and the right to concentrate public services. But by last week enough evidence was in to indicate something of his policies...
...club will hold a formal dinner at the Harvard Club. Guest speaker Walter Wood, president of the American Geographical Society, will describe his ascents of Mount Wood and Mount Walsh in Alaska. He was accompanied by Robert H. Bates '33, graduate member of the Mountaineering Club. W. Os-good Field '26 will tell of his geological glacier work with Mayuard Miller '43, who is president of the club. Motion pictures of spectacular rock climbs by the "Mountaineers", a club in the state of Washington, will also be shown...
Huxley, who is widely known in this country os a speaker and is generally regarded as one of England's most influential writers and social thinkers, was entertained last night at dinner by the American Defense, Harvard Group...