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...Howards, said Dawkins, began to talk tough and Tom Howard started filling his sack. Dawkins called Deputy Sheriff Combs, whose last words (to Tom Howard) were: "If you persist in this, I'll have to arrest you." Police Chief A. S. Sizemore arrested Frank Howard on a charge of murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 26, 1940 | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

Rumors unconfirmed by his colleagues persist that Newton H. Black '96, assistant professor of Physics, will retire at the end of the semester...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Black Retirement In Spring Hinted | 2/21/1940 | See Source »

Those who persist soon master the system of covering assignments, and can, without undue difficulty. The quality of the news and writing are more important than a mass of uninteresting material...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Budding Journalists Will Get Chance To Blossom in Crimson Competitions | 2/13/1940 | See Source »

Before they slap down at least $3.85 on the fine they must have some indication that they will get their money's worth in return. That same amount of money could easily take the average spectator to a better football game so why does he persist in getting in a big traffic jam on Larz Anderson bridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard-Yale Gridiron Battle Has Appeal to Outsiders And Alumni Alike Who Jammed Soldiers Field Stadium | 11/25/1939 | See Source »

...American Communist Party are entirely in accord with these principles. Although we appreciated Mr. Hicks' presence at Harvard during the past year, his present action can in no way alter our fundamental belief in the tenets of scientific socialism, the teachings of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin. We will persist in our policy, based on these teachings, of exerting every effort to keep the United States out of the present imperialist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 9/28/1939 | See Source »

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