Word: semi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With a discussion on "Jefferson and the Crisis" this evening in the Union Upper Common Room, the American Civilization Program will conclude its yearly activities. Awards to the winners of the semi-annual essay contest will be given at a luncheon meeting in the Union at 1:00 o'clock this Friday...
During one of Sarah Bernhardt's many "farewell" tours he wrote: "To me in every role she is the Mona Lisa, disinterested, semi-smiling, and inscrutable save for the knowledge that she insists on being paid every night in fresh $100 bills." His high irony made his pages sound flippant to the stuffy, but to all others his fastidious values were plain enough. Many actors hated Percy Hammond, many others recognized his pith. When the Chicago Tribune announced that he was being sent abroad to cover World War I, a Chicago actor remarked: "Heavens! What if he doesn...
Assuming the event of a Hitler victory, Bruce C. Hopper, associate professor of Government, told his audience in the Eliot House Junior Common Room last evening that he believes the United States under a semi-totalitarian government, would immediately embark upon an immense training program to resist the advance of Hitler...
...Wells stated that test of the Alpha type might possibly be used after the men have been drafted to help determine special abilities useful in particular services with the Army. Trade and vocational tests can be used to find the proper placement of men in semi-military tasks...
Dorson plans to keep as many men as possible on this year's squad. From the starting field of 55 he has already chosen nine and will probably retain another nine after the final cut. At present he is concluding a tournament from which the semi-finalists, John Hulley, Thayer Drake, Phil Folsie, and Dick Beyer have been selected to fill out the regular squad...