Word: platforms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...onetime Carranzista who has been holding forth in Texas border towns since he was exiled from Mexico in 1920. He said he would campaign for the Presidency of Mexico exclusively on U. S. soil. Explained Preacher Delgado: "Mexican politics are controlled by opinion in the United States." His platform: return the expropriated oil lands to their onetime U. S. and British holders...
Objections were finally stilled with the arrival of Edward Kaufman, chairman of the dance committee, and James Sullivan, the Councilman's oldest son, presented the wreath from the Independents and released the three canaries from the box on the band platform...
Last year a self-constituted Committee for Electoral Reform, backed by 127 signatures from the class of 1938, presented a number of demands to the Student Council. The Committee's platform stated that the later announcement of nominees by petition made them appear to be "self-seekers...
...resurrects the ideal of "knowing a little about a lot," and above all stresses good teaching. When Dean Hanford recalls great names like Bliss Perry, Norton, and Palmer, he unintentionally brings to mind the scarcity of such men in present-day Harvard. With teachers who can stimulate from the platform as well as in the study the 'University will more closely approximate a broad, liberal education than by any other means...
...lecture hall on the third floor go hundreds of enthusiastic students during the week from the schools of Medicine, Hygiene and Public Health. Three steps lead up to the lecturer's oaken platform, and a hand railing stands next to the steps. It was built for Founder Welch, who was so rotund that he could not see beyond his middle, had to use the railing for a guide when he came to the edge of the platform and descended the steps. No need for a hand rail has energetic Dr. Sigerist who often takes the steps in one leap...