Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...year moratoriurm and credits for the promotion of economic reconstruction. She will refrain from supporting Communist propaganda in France and will restore in part the property of French citizens which was nationalized when the Bolsheviki seized power in 1917. The part that the Soviet Government desires to retain as national property will be paid for in various ways, such as by concession grants, principally in oil, a commodity which France lacks. All this is made dependent upon recognition of Russia by France...
...only for the highly cultured: to exploit the human pull which lived in the hearts of great composers and which now lives in their compositions. Jazz we hear and forget. Its lilt wears for the moment and then fades. But even the most untutored in music can retain the memories which a great composer's idea inculcates into a musical drama...
...Will Retain Four 150-pound Crews...
Coach Newell and Captain H. K. Prince '24 of the 150-pound crews have decided to retain four crews of the seven that rowed in the regatta last week as the University 150-pound squad. They had previously intended to pick a squad of only three crews but a wealth of light material permitted them to include eight more oarsmen. Now the four boats are rowing on a par. The remaining three crews will continue to row as a second squad for nearly two weeks more...
...Male singers only" has been its rule. The sopranos and contraltos were not the voices of boys; they were " castrati "-eunuchs imported from infidel lands. More recently, special instruction has been employed to retain the soprano and contralto tones of boys after the natural break in the voice. The choir now consists of 34 men and 20 boys. All wear white surplices over cassocks of purple and scarlet...