Word: realm
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...score only has the University an objection within the realm of objective reason. By the wording of the eligibility clause, which rules out all students not in the direst sort of need, Harvard must take the responsibility of deciding when such need exists. Conceivably, she might be asked to defend a decision before the national government. But surely adequate machinery exists; Harvard's scholarship committee, under Russell T. Sharpe, is organized in exemplary fashion. And decisions correctly made can be defended before any tribunal...
Back to Europe tourist class on the Queen Mary, after a few months spent practically incognito in the U. S., sailed the Dame and Seigneur of Sark (Mrs. & Mr. Robert Woodward Hathaway*). Their realm: a tiny Channel island of 600 people, smallest self-governing state of the British Empire, which was chartered in 1565 by Queen Elizabeth and has never had automobiles, politics, divorces, income taxes or crime waves. Said the Dame of Sark: "The last crime trouble we had was several years ago, when a 14-year-old girl ran off with some article from a clothesline. We told...
...games, and they will also enter this evening's fray minus the services of Sophomore guard Bob James who suffered a recurrence of his football injury Wednesday night in the Quaker clash. Coach Loeffler's squad rates as the favorite, but an upset is not at all beyond the realm of possibility. In fact, if the Crimson ever cash in on a few of their shots or do some driving, they may get somewhere...
...lover of crowns, Führer Hitler would nevertheless not be averse to using any sentiment that exists for a Romanov restoration in Russia to further his own ambitions for an "independent," German-dominated Ukraine. A Romanov trek back to St. Petersburg (now Leningrad) is probably outside the realm of possibility, but a substitute throne at Kiev, capital of the Soviet Ukraine, might well be "Tsar" Vladimir's if he plays ball with Führer Hitler, and if Nazi plans work on schedule...
During the summers, he has attended the citizen's Military Training Corps Camps and has served for one year with the National Guard. His excursion into the realm of athletics has been limited to wrestling during the winter of his Freshman year...