Word: post
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...every few minutes and, before they have even skated to a halt, begin to spew forth a few score commuters who flash past him on staccato high heels or solemn, rubber-heeled oxfords. Cogs in the Hub's vast commercial machine, muses the Vagabond, as he lolls against a post. Each one intent only on getting to his or her job on time so that, when the man at the top of the heap pushes the button, all the units can awake into smooth action simultaneously. Vag watches them as he fumbles in the caverns of his reversible...
Taking the negative on the question, "Resolved: That this house approves the Munich Pact," the Bellboys won a unanimous decision from the judges. A post-debate vote revealed that the audience disapproved of the pact by a two to one margin...
...field of students between school and Freshman years, another and perhaps more important job lies ahead. His office should next attempt to supplement records compiled for first-year men with similar information in the undergraduates' senior year. Not only would this be a step in the direction of post-graduate training, but the data afforded by comparisons would contribute a great deal towards research to be undertaken in Dr. Bock's Grant Fund program...
...succeeds Dr. Henry A. Christian in this post, which is one of the most important of the teaching services...
Loeffler's "A Pagan Poem" is of special interest also. From 1885 and 1903 he lived in this vicinity and held a post as second principal violin in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, after which he resigned to devote himself to composition. He was born in Mulhouse, Alsace, in 1861, coming to America as a young composer-violinist. He is one of the earliest exponents of Impressionism in America, but his feeling for melodic line is too strong to identify him exclusively with this French school. He exerts in his writing a fascinating play of orchestral color and unusual rhythmic invention...