Word: sevening
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hundred and eighty-seven own a business. Commented one: "Do you want...
...Swedes in America, at Wilmington, Del.; lay the cornerstone of the Federal building at the New York World's Fair; visit Gettysburg for the Battle's 75th anniversary; go to Marietta, Ohio for the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Northwest Territory; go calling in seven other States where his presence may help political friends up for election this autumn...
...opinion that there was no departure whatsoever from Harvard's tradition of tolerance and of untrammeled scientific inquiry." But the committee said the dismissals were a mistake, held President Conant partly to blame for a "misunderstanding." Dr. Conant had asked the economics department to recommend two of its seven instructors for promotion. The department, unaware that this meant the dismissal of the other five, chose two more experienced members, but considered Drs. Walsh and Sweezy so promising that it asked for a three-year renewal of their appointments.*Thereupon, President Conant fired the two instructors, ignored the department...
...Seven years ago last month, Eug;ne Ysaÿe, greatest violinist of his generation, died at his home in Brussels. Before he died, Violinist Ysaÿe had expressed a wish that his name be kept green by establishing a memorial competition for young virtuosos...
...been moved from their lodgings to the Royal Palace in suburban Laeken. There each of them was shut in a soundproof room with a piano and a brand-new manuscript copy of an unpublished (and unknown) concerto by Belgian Composer Jean Absil, composed especially for the occasion. For seven days they sweated over this assignment, kept from contact with the outside world but allowed to walk in the Palace grounds and chat occasionally with the Queen...