Word: retreatant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Vagabond is a true vagabond, and therefore he crept from his retreat in Memorial Tower last night, and avoiding the few straggling Freshmen vainly trying to register an hour too late, sped his way to the late lamented Union. He gorged himself well on the fare intended only for the newcomers, carefully avoiding the recognizing eye of his friend, the Adviser in religion. Then he settled himself comfortably in a soft spot to enjoy the fumes of Benson and Hedges, lulled into absent dreams by the pleasant voices of the speakers...
...thought was uppermost in the minds of my fellow-citizens when they determined to commemorate, with this testimonial of their enthusiasm, the decisive victory of the Marne." Was There a Battle? Instead of planning a last stand or ''Battle of the Marne" Papa Joffre had ordered a retreat to the Seine when General Joseph Simon Galliéni learned through one of his airmen of an amazing German move. Though Germany's Armies on the Western Front had slashed through Belgium and Northern France until they were almost in sight of Paris, their swift advance had suddenly...
...camp President Hoover put in a hard 90 minutes with newsreel photographers and "still" cameramen. For three years the Hoover retreat has not been violated by the prying eyes of the Press. But this is a campaign year; presidential candidates must be popularized. The President invited a massed attack by film men who were given the run of the camp...
...picketed the seven highways into town. Produce trucks were turned back by logs and cables across the road, nails in boards, sticks and stones, strong language. There was some rowdyism but no real violence. Sixty armed deputies patrolled the roads to preserve peace. Most nonstriking farmers were persuaded to retreat peacefully; a few succeeded in rushing the blockade. Two freight trains were temporarily held up. Most of Sioux City lived out of cans. But the Holiday failed to up prices. The average farmer is an intense individualist whom even the Federal Farm Board has failed to organize fully into cooperatives...
...films, struggling against Italian quota regulations, received another blow. Word came from Il Duce through Italian Ambassador Giacomo de Martino that unless Paramount's version of Ernest Hemingway's Farewell to Arms is revamped to remove all reference to the disastrous Italian retreat from Caporetto during the War, all future Paramount films will be banned from Italy. Further, this may apply to all U. S. films if the present tendency to depict Italians as villains and naughty fellows is not corrected...