Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...TIME, Feb. 21). When the Soviet Chargé d'Affaires suddenly "disappeared" one night in Bucharest, the local Soviet Tass news agency man concluded that Rumanian Fascists had kidnapped or murdered New Bolshevik Butenko. In Moscow this news electrified Old Bolshevik Litvinoff. Showing his Stalinist zeal, he ordered rushed off three hot notes in succession to the Rumanian Government, demanded that they rescue Butenko from Fascist toils, finally ordered the Soviet Minister to Czechoslovakia to rush to Rumania and personally enforce the Soviet Union's demands...
...apparently counting on the fact that a Congressional investigation of TVA is now certain, once more refused to answer Presidential questions, Franklin Roosevelt with a great show of forbearance extended the hearing another three days. When three days later Mr. Morgan reaffirmed his determination not to let the President rush in where Congress was anxious to tread, Franklin Roosevelt, who can be as bull-headed as anyone else, laid down his ultimatum, announced that if the Chairman would not agree to cooperate with his inquiry with-in 24 hours he must either resign or face suspension...
...Union there are periods during each meal when the student waiters, waitresses, and kitchen are rushed by the horde of Freshmen which pours into and crowds every table and chair. These times are the rush hour at breakfast, luncheon, and dinner. They not only strain the speed of the service to the utmost, but also place its accuracy and good-naturedness at a premium. No waitress nor student waiter can be expected to remember all the fine points of the individual orders of eight, twelve, or sixteen men. Nor, under the pressure, can any one expect that...
Surprised and pleased last week was SEC Chairman William Orville Douglas by a sudden rush of utility holding companies to register with the commission. Though the constitutionality of the 1935 Public Utility Holding Company Act is still undecided by the Supreme Court, fortnight ago the $570,000,000 United Light & Power Co. voluntarily registered under the act. Last week two more utility holding companies knocked at SEC's door -Engineers Public Service Co., which registered all $369,000,000 of its assets, and Cities Service Co., which asked for exemption for itself but registered the $428,000,000 assets...
After returning from the Penn tilt Sunday, the Crimson must go back as far as New York for tonight's game and then after a short stay here rush to Princeton Saturday. Undoubtedly this constant traveling will prove a handicap to the title seeking Cantabs...