Word: sessions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lights were again the order for the tail end of the lengthened session, which included dummy defensive maneuvers against Virginia offenses as spotted by Chief Boston and Henry Lamar over the last two weeks...
Sole line of action remaining to the Council, declared President Edric A. Weld, Jr. '46 at the close of the session, is to hold a special election in Adams House "at the end of this week, or the beginning of next, at the latest...
...most dramatic session, Britain's Palestine proposal provided fresh drama. Now U.N.'s Assembly delegates settled down to the infighting around Lake Success' long, oval committee tables. Here, in six main committees and for six days a week, they will spend most of their working time for the next two months. First rounds were raucous...
Meanwhile, U.N. membership grew to 57. The two latest joiners: Yemen and Pakistan. Delegates learned that 1) the General Assembly's special session last spring spent more than one-fourth of its time wrangling over procedure, at an estimated cost (for salaries, overhead, etc.) of more than $500,000; 2) from now on, they would have to do without meat twice a week (Tuesday and Friday) if they chose to dine at U.N. eateries. Purpose: to help save food...
...afternoon a group of Harvard and Radcliffe students held an informal reception for Robert W. Kenney, the former Attorney General of California. As head of the California Democrats for Wallace, Mr. Kenney is working for the practical achievement of Mr. Wallace's position. The reception ended as a "bull session" on the prospects for progressive political activity in America, especially among students...