Word: recentes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first time in a decade a re-adoption of creed, a pillar on which to suspend the machinery of P. B. H., a reaffirmation of the idealism that must in the end enliven an organization founded in memory of Bishop Brooks--these have been placed on paper. Thus a recent growth of activity in Harvard's charitable institution has been climaxed; with the constitution the denouement should be effective and long...
Pointing out the importance of the scholastic fund Wilkinson wrote in a recent number of the Alumni Bulletu: "The Tercentenary Celebration, stressing as it did the strong bond between the Old World University and the New, was the climax of this increasing recognition...
...recent months astronomical observatories have frequently reported huge, black spots marching across the face of the sun, seriously disturbing some kinds of radio transmission on Earth. Sunspot activity this year has been more intense than at any time since 1870. This year bitter warfare is being waged in Spain and China; in 1870 bitter warfare was being waged by Germany and France...
...Stetson's book does not take account of the recent stockmarket and business slump. He pointed out last week, however, that sunspots diminished after Aug. 1 (two weeks before the market break) and did not resume their upclimb until last fortnight. He expects the current sunspot increase to continue for another year...
...accidental. John Bakeless' version nevertheless supports those who believe that Marlowe was a spy. On May 30. 1593. Marlowe had been in London for six years. He had written three sensationally successful tragedies, including Tamburlaine, "the most important event in the history of English literature," and his most recent play. Edward the Second, while not as successful as his first, showed greater mastery of his art. Leaving London to escape the plague, he had been recalled by the authorities two weeks before. At ten in the morning of May 30. with two government agents and a London thief...