Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...illustrate his point Krayer recalled the "Reichstag Fire Trial" of 1934. The Nazis allegedly burned down the Reichstag, Berlin meeting place of German Parliament and then utilized the resulting national panic to take over the government. Once in power they arrested a Dutchman, charging him with setting the fire. The defendant made a complete confession in court and was convicted, although most of the world believed him innocent. It was generally thought that the Nazis used drugs to obtain the confession, but even the closest observers couldn't prove it, Krayer remembered...
Wednesday night the hockey team trimmed BU in one of the roughest college games of the year. And tonight at West Point's Academy Stadium the Crimson will be in for much the same sort of evening when it takes on Army Harvard will probably win, mainly because BU best Army two weeks ago and because the Crimson is now playing its best hockey of the season. But the team will have to face the slow but big Cadets without the services of Jack Carman, big defenseman who lost three teeth when he was hanged...
When even BU, which turned Wednesday's game into an alley fight, terms Army "a rough team," it stands to reason that tonight won't be an easy night for the Crimson. Add to this the fact that traditionally liberal West Point officials will be on hand, and matters become even worse...
Revenge may be the motif at Hemenway Gymnasium today when the varsity squash team meets the racquets players from West Point. Last year the Cadets barely beat the Crimson...
...first time this season, the wrestling team will be decided underdogs this afternoon when Army's mighty mat corps returns the visit the Crimson paid to West Point last winter. Harvard will be looking to extend its winning skein to four when the first match gets started in the Blockhouse...