Word: semi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Semi-finals will be held on Wednesday at 3:30, and the finals will be held the next...
Culbert, the only Crimson wrestler to reach the semi-final round, pinned twice in his early matches. He bowed out, however, to George Beresford of Pittsburgh, the winning team in the tournament, by a last minute pin in the third period in the semi-finals. In the consolation round Culbert lost a 7 to 2 decision to Joe Krufka of Penn State...
Serious discussion of library finances represents a decisive step in the establishment of private commuter reading facilities. Current plans for the library were being considered as far back as Nov. 1952, but were in a semi-embryonic stage because of monetary problems...
...Presidency, Roosevelt began to look around for an occupation suited to the dignity of an ex-President. He did not want to serve as a figurehead for some corporation, not did he particularly wish to make a living writing, although he was soon to classify himself, as a "semi-retired literary gentleman." President Eliot had resigned on October 26, 1908 and the Corporation was shopping around for a successor to Eliot. Roosevelt's name received immediate consideration. Many of the Faculty, especially William James were eager to pick Roosevelt, but most of the alumni, basically conservative, opposed him. Henry...
...present in large numbers in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. It is no wonder that a certain number of parliamentary representatives are simultaneously administrators or managers of state companies handling public funds. An attempt has been made to reconcile differences between state and private and semi-public companies, but the law is losing its ethical force because it has been observed only by a few and has been evaded by many...