Word: pickings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cross Dean, a perfect heavy in every case, the co-ed-heroine, usually portrayed as a sweet, delectible Dream Princess; the hard-boiled football coach, always a character builder; the towering Adonis who plays full-back and causes feminine hearts to flutter; and as for the absent-minded professor pick up any college comic magazine and you'll find plenty of jokes about...
Last week Illinois Democrats and Republicans stormed the polls in unprecedented numbers for the Statewide primaries to pick candidates for Governor. Among Democrats, a vote for Governor Henry Horner's renomination might mean: 1) approval of that official's honest, mildly progressive administration; 2) disapproval of Chicago's Mayor Edward Joseph Kelly and his ruthless Cook County political machine. A vote for Candidate Herman Niels Bundesen might mean: 1) approval of Mayor Kelly and party patronage; 2) attachment to Publisher Robert Rutherford McCormick's Chicago Tribune, which threw its arch-Republican influence behind Boss Kelly...
...want to see the long arm of the Federal Government extended into the communities . . . either through the office of Education or through any other Federal agency," says Commissioner Studebaker. "I am a strong believer in local administration." His forum project would give the communities Federal funds, let them pick their own leaders and subjects. Hopefully he concludes: "The Federal Government can do nothing better calculated to inspire confidence in our democracy of free learning and discussion...
Inability of the three judges to reach an agreement on the choice of two Tercentenary speakers led to an unparalleled decision late last night when it was decided to pick two men from each of the two speaking divisions as semi-finalists and allow them to work on their speeches for a limited period of time...
...Senior Class Album got under way yesterday with the appointment of a nominating committee by the Student Council to pick men to run in elections on Monday, April 27. This committee is headed by James B. Hallett '37, and includes Walter H. Page, II '37 and William II. Schmidt...