Word: semi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...British officials come to the bank's defense and explain that its business, under McKittrick, is so conducted that none of its operations could possibly confer an advantage on any belligerent nation at the expense of another. These operations consist chiefly of: 1) collecting interest; 2) semi-automatic renewal of maturing investments (no new ones are made); 3) extending limited credits to central banks; 4) handling payments under the international postal agreement and prewar treaties; 5) acting as banker for the International Red Cross organizations operating from Switzerland. Last year the bank had to dip into its reserves...
Last Tuesday I made my monthly visit to see my fortune teller. I found him sitting alone on an oriental rug gazing moodily into his crystal ball. His great white turban was wrapped around his head and a green jewel pinned on the front of it gleamed in the semi-darkness. He was in a deep trance, but I crinkled the bills in my wallet and he snapped...
Control of policies in the wartime semi-weekly will be in the hands of a Board of Graduate Editors, which will consist of David M. Little '13, former president of the CRIMSON and now Secretary to the University and Master of Adams House; Donald T. Field '31, another former executive now practising law in Boston; Thomas S. Kuhn '44, former Editorial Chairman; and Mrs. Anna S. Hoke, permanent secretary of the CRIMSON...
...units located here, Getchell said, since the Navy may produce teams of its own. The Crimson schedule, which will be arranged a few weeks after the new term begins on July 6, will be similar to that of last summer, with foes picked from local army camps, naval stations, semi-pros, factory nines, and any colleges wanting games. It is definitely known that Tufts will have a team this summer...
...units located here, Getchell said, since the Navy may produce teams of its own. The Crimson schedule, which will be arranged a few weeks after the new term begins on July 6, will be similar to that of last summer, with foes picked from local army camps, naval stations, semi-pros, factory nines, and any colleges wanting games. It is definitely known that Tufts will have a team this summer...