Word: section
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...incarceration of Herr Adolf Hitler (TIME, Nov. 19), and the discrediting of General Erich von Ludendorff (TIME, Nov. 19), Bavaria has been the scene of much Monarchist plotting. Rumors of an impending putsch by Hitlerites caused Dictator von Kahr and General von Lössow, Commander of the Bavarian section of the Reischswehr, to issue a joint manifesto stating that they had evidence of the putsch and that they were taking every necessary precaution to safeguard the State. Dictator von Kahr warned the people that the troops would not hesitate to fire upon public demonstrations against the Government and that...
...Stamboul is the native section of Constantinople, so Phanar is the Greek section of Stamboul. In Phanar have lived for 200 years Greek families who have kept aloof from Turks and other Asiatics. In Phanar are the throne and palace of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, most notable prelate of the Greek Orthodox Church...
...imposing a new course upon undergraduates at the whim of "section-men" or instructors, the writer believes that this statement is ridiculous. The hundreds of reports to which your editorial refers must have come form a great many instructors, "section-men," and even professors in various departments. In such a case a large part of the faculty, you would have us believe, are sadly given to "threats" and "mere whims" in their judgment of undergraduates. Far from charging the faculty with humiliation because some undergraduates do not write reasonably correct and sensible English, the a CRIMSON should compliment the faculty...
...acted fairly--desiring not to conscript students into the course without warning. But the result has been to cause a good deal of misunderstanding, and much just criticism. The threat of a new course of any kind which may be imposed on undergraduates at the mere whim of some section men or examination correctors is severe. Almost all men make careless mistakes of commission and omission while writing under pressure in an examination; it is not thereby proved that they are in need of a disciplinary course in English Composition...
Died. William E. ("Wild Bill") Donovan, 46, manager of the New Haven Club of the Eastern (baseball) League, at a grade crossing at Forsyth, N. Y., when the second section of the N. Y. Central's 20th Century Limited telescoped another section in which he was sleeping...