Word: pasts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...chubby mechanic named Walter ("Wal") Hannington was so useful to the British Government as a highly-skilled armaments tooler in 1914 that he was exempted from active army duty. It would have saved His Majesty's Government a pack of trouble in the past 20 years if Wal had gone to France and stopped a German bullet...
...Church, diplomats. Crown Prince Umberto (for the Italian royal family) and Count Galeazzo Ciano (for Mussolini) paid homage. Next day the Pope's body was carried into St. Peter's, where the weeping populace, which had been thronging St. Peter's Square, began filing past his bier. There began the novemdiali, nine days of papal funeral rites, on the fourth day of which the Pope was to be immured in a triple coffin of cypress, lead and elm. His resting place, near the tomb of the Fisherman in the crypt of St. Peter's, Pius...
Attendance at the Daily Prayers in the Harvard Memorial Church has increased substantially during the past year, Dean Sperry reported. The total attendance last year at 208 such services was 14,135, an average of 68 per service. The average previously was 58. He also announced the formation of a new "Chapel Club" among the undergraduates attending the services. A membership of about 50 has enlisted and a number of meetings have been held throughout the year for the discussion or religious questions...
There is, however, the second consideration. The university's opposition to this bill in the past has not exactly improved its relations with local authorities, and it is only within the last two months that conciliatory measures have somewhat improved this situation. Should Harvard now join the fight for repeal of the Oath, the supporters of the law would almost certainly attempt to arouse "town-gown" feeling again. Thus, in the final analysis, the university is confronted with the dilemma of whether to defend freedom of thought and increase local animosity or to ignore officially the struggle over this bill...
Balancing two victories against two defeats, the wrestling team enters the lists against Columbia today in the indoor Athletic Building at three o'clock. With a green team that has shown up well in the past few matches, the varsity can claim success thus far except in the Navy encounter last week...