Word: sections
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...heterogeneous a section of American youth as Harvard's student body, one of the few things that all men hold in common is a fervent desire for peace. The man who deplores the bombing of Spanish Loyalists and does not equally deplore the bombing of Spanish Insurgents is not a pacifist, but a politician. There are comparatively few of these politicians at Harvard; they will be found this morning furiously distributing literature. Those who are truly representative of Harvard will go sincerely and soberly to Sanders Theatre, whether Quaker or R.O.T.C. officer, to see what hope remains of preserving peace...
Listening to ball games via a radio located in a section man's office, Lee Powell, veteran baseball fan and a stockroom attendant in the Chemistry A, Laboratory, is perfectly satisfied with life. Powell is a personal friend of Pie Traynor, Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who also lives in Somerville...
...Western section is made up principally of paintings, examples of sculpture being confined to very small pieces. The most colorful pictures seem to be those done in the 19th century by such artists as David, Delacroix, and Manet. Only one contemporary work is shown, a picture of two horses by Chirico which almost seems to be a reversion to the primitive style of the East. Represented also are paintings and drawings by Albrecht Durer, Sassetta, Leonardi da Vinci, Rubens, and Goya. From the 19th and 20th centuries come Daumer, Stubbs, and Degas...
...illiterate, had for years voted for the Wafdists, who passed out the bribes, controlled the police and election officials. In this election Farouk controlled the police and officials. Smartly, he held elections in Upper & Lower Egypt on two different days so his police and troops could concentrate in one section at a time. Nahas Pasha followers were clamped in jail, their identity cards taken up to prevent their voting. A dozen persons were killed, scores injured in clashes. To the 264 seats, only twelve Wafdists and 84 Saadists were elected. His Majesty's Opposition are therefore not expected...
...indecent literature"-a Bronx-banned copy of LIFE containing the "Birth of a Baby" pictures* (TIME, April 18). This week, as Publisher Larsen prepared to go on trial for the first time in his life, the American Institute of Public Opinion revealed that it had cut a quick cross-section of U. S. voters, of whom 17,000,000 (by Institute estimate) had seen the disputed pictures in LIFE...