Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Captain John F. Stokes, head of the State detective bureau, was assigned to the case, due to a communication from Colonel Schwarzkopf of the New Jersey police to Colonel Kirk of Massachusetts. Stokes withheld what little information he was believed to possess...
...suggestion of the Crimson concerning the development of individual talent requires no reorganization of the course. Under the present system, any student who displays talent and expresses an interest in writing is given free scope to enlarge whatever literary inclinations he may possess. In any case, judgement as to the student's ability must lie at the discretion of the instructor. Any suggestions which place arbitrary restrictions upon this discretion are superfluous...
Sixth Sense. Emil Hurja seemed to possess a sixth sense for predicting the regional outcomes of the 1932 election. His only notable error that year was in estimating that Roosevelt would carry Pennsylvania. In most other states his estimates of Democratic majorities were within 2,000 to 10,000 of the final results. In the eight Rocky Mountain States his forecasts were in error by an average of only 564 votes per state. When the votes were counted at the polls, he became an important man in Democratic politics. He had proved that he could count elections before they were...
...late has been the rapid growth of specialization. As the result of statistics already on hand, the powers-that-be have decided, according to Columbia University's Medical Dean Willard Cole Rappleye, that "beginning in 1938 no physician will be listed as a specialist who does not possess a certificate from a board in his particular branch of practice." Consonant with that idea, the A. M. A. Journal last week published a list of reliable x-ray specialists. The list was surprising, for it contained only 1,274 names for the entire country. Some communities like Des Moines have...
...Syracuse, he was a sprinter. Coach Tom Keane, developer of many a sterling quarter-miler, drew O'Brien aside, told him to forget sprinting, promised him instead the Olympic quarter-mile title in 1936. A narrow-shouldered runner whose slim legs give no clue to the drive they possess, O'Brien broke ahead of the pack at the start last week, stayed there, sprinted at the end to set a world record for the 600 metres: 1 min. 21 sec. Faithful addicts stayed to the end to see a new high in the high jump...