Word: post
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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While Congress did precious little (see col. 2). while many another member of his Administration grew jittery about depression, the President exhibited his peculiar capacity for being comforted by crises. At press conference Correspondent Raymond ("Pete") Brandt of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch asked what the President meant to do about recession now that it was growing worse. Said the President, "It is an assumption. Pete, don't tie my hands...
...complex game of musical chairs which appointments of U.S. Ambassadors often resemble, only member left standing when the music stopped last week appeared to be Joseph E. Davies, long thought to have an eye on the London job. Back from his post...
...teach them how to hunt for facts. The students, presumably eager to learn the technique of study, annually pay millions of dollars to American colleges in an effort to raise themselves above the level of the older generation. The road to learning runs through Widener, not the Brattle Square Post Office. The gentlemen in New York would do well to confine themselves to metropolitan areas. Men at Harvard often wish they did not have so much work to do, but they would be the first to see the absurdity of paying someone else to do it for them...
...author recognizes that young always have ideals, and he may agree that without such visions there can be no progress. In this post-war era youth has become aware of the cosmic problems of life, and his attitude towards the world is no longer that of a heedless child. For every fundamental obstacle to ultimate happiness he has formed many solutions, most of which are probably wrong, but some of which must contain the germ of truth. Unfortunately, because of the complex social system, in which his elders refuse to yield the sceptre, dreading a change in the status...
Russ Allen was not expected to be ready for game action until after the Christmas vacation, but he has been pronounced fit for tonight's game and will resume his old post at right defense, pairing with Captain Traf Hicks. While Harvard regains the services of a valuable defense man, B.U. has lost one of their key points, Richardson, captain and star of the undefeated B.U. Freshmen last year...