Word: pres
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That it is one of the few sports that can help the nation directly and immediately has been stated by Pres. Roosevelt and lesser government officials. The chief executive's office recently wrote to Commodore Howard A. Finch of the Interlake Yachting Association that "the continuation of yachting is encouraged by the Navy department, and many young men with yachting experience have joined the Navy and have there demonstrated the value of their previous training...
...ageless and radiant in the years of freedom, is that of a gnarled and brooding old lady under the Nazis. The city was in no mood for a facelifting last week, but it had started to get one. The Germans were tearing down buildings in St. Germain des Pres, St. Gervais, Le Marais, the Palais Royal and the Halles (central markets). Except St. Germain, all these quarters belong to the old inner Paris, walled and fortified at the end of the 12th Century by Philippe Auguste, the powerful king who conquered Normandy and pushed his authority past feudal nobles...
...program will include a Dutch Folk Song, "Prayer of Thanksgiving"; Josquin des Pres, "O Domine Jesu Christi"; Verdi, opening scene from "Otello"; Scottish Folk Song, "Bonnic Dundee"; American Folk Song, arranged by Edward B. Lawton, "Casey Jones"; and Sullivan, four choruses from "Patience...
...Glee Club will present the following program: Harvard Hymn John Knowles Paine '69 O Domine Josquin des Pres Periti Autem Fulgebunt Mendelssohn Glorious Apollo Webbe Lasst uns mit Geschlungen Handen Mozart My Spirit Be Joyful Bach...
...which he said that he had been kicked, that he felt terrible, and that he had been ordered not to talk. In Washington Steve Early denied that he had kicked a cop, admitted he had "given him the knee." Harlem's New York Age headlined: "Secretary of Pres. Roosevelt Kicks N. Y. Negro Policeman. "New York's Police Commissioner Valentine ordered an investigation. So did District Attorney Tom Dewey, out campaigning for Willkie. Protests and denunciations began to blister in the press. Somebody remembered that Steve Early had written a Saturday Evening Post article last year...