Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Department of Justice, Mr. Beffel declared that in many of its elements, this case bears a close resemblance to the Mooney and Billings case in California. "I have been here investigating this case since December 1," he continued. "Sacco and Vanzetti are accused of two pay-roll murders which occurred at South Braintree last April. Sacco was indicted on the testimony of three eye witnesses, none of whom would say positively that he was one of the bandits...
...Vanzetti, who has never had a chance to face his accusers, had, however, been previously convicted of an attempted pay roll holdup at Bridgewater in December, 1919. The so-called identification tests at his trial were as fragile as tissue paper. One boy who was never closer than 145 feet to the fleeing men, identified Vanzetti as the 'shot gun' man', though he admitted he had only a fleeing glimpse of the bandit's face. He said he could tell the man was an Italian...
There are times when there is an inclination to feel that this country has been overburdened with appeals, roll-calls and drives--that our purses are becoming scanty even for our own needs. But there are also times when we can realize that there is in the world a greater need than ours, and we find that we can still give accordingly. It is to bring home this realization that a dinner is to be served tonight, consisting of the same fare as is given to the children in whose aid the benefit is being held. At the head...
...percent is the goal! Some dormitories are already on the honor roll, and others are soon to follow. The race is no longer to reach the honor mark but to get there first. Every undergraduate a subscriber to the Endowment Fund does not mean that the University's coffers will be filled by any means; the deficit is still great. It does mean that men at Harvard now are as ready to prove what Harvard is to them as are the graduates of years...
...Graduate Schools, of men connected with the University for years or only a short time, and of many persons who though but indirectly connected or merely interested friends, have contributed to the Endowment Fund. I look upon the Undergraduate Endowment Fund campaign: first, as a sort of roll call to determine the positive cooperation of all Harvard men in the maintenance of their University, and then, as a means of raising funds to help in this work...