Word: recentes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fortieth annual meeting of the Associated Harvard Clubs of America, scheduled to take place in Indianapolis on May 15th, is an event of no small importance to either the University or to the varied thousands of graduates scattered in every corner of the nation. In recent years the practice of a twenty-fifth reunion has done splendid work in bringing back to the confines of Harvard, men in all walks of life, in all callings and in every profession. Holders of vastly different political creeds and men firm in varied social and moral beliefs have met and renewed acquaintances...
...recent action of the subcommittee of the Phillips Brooks House law council had been pending for some time before the Faculty board, it was disclosed. Functions of the body in recent years has been the planning of dances for Langdell Hall scholars...
Varsity lacrosse men duplicated their recent Dartmouth victory by defeating New Hampshire nine to two Saturday. The game was one-sided throughout, the Crimson never being threatened on the Durham's teams home field...
Istanbul baited its remaining strays with poisoned meat, killing thousands annually. In recent times the city has erected modern pounds where unlicensed dogs are humanely chloroformed or poisoned, with a thoroughgoing round-up every spring. Returning to the Istanbul of Kamâl Atatürk in 1935 after an absence of 36 years. Sir Evelyn Wrench was impressed not by dogs but by cats. In London's Spectator he wrote...
...bankers' profits, Banker Hall said ruefully: "Today the market is full of recent bond issues contracted for in the hope of realizing gross profits of 2½% or less and now quoted at 5 to 10 points below their offering prices. ... In other words the profits are limited but the losses are not."As for criticism of banker directors, Banker Hall was frankly "puzzled." He held no brief for greedy managements or "corporate kidnapping." But he had found from experience that the "majority of companies are governed with a conscientious desire to do the right thing for the companies...