Word: sever
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Across the heart of Germany, from the Baltic to the Alps, the "chicken-wire fence," which split but did not sever the East & West zones, became the newest extension of the Iron Curtain, and a bristling military frontier. Where there had been a steady if illegal trickle of East-West trade, now there was an absolute barrier, charged with electric hatreds, and ominously reminiscent of Korea's 38th parallel...
Muggy heat and the threat of rain failed to keep over 1000 seniors, their relatives and guests, from listening to two line gags, pleas for money, and exhortations in the Sever Quadrangle yesterday afternoon during Class Day exercises...
Course-choosing is always a problem and while some did their best to get all classes at 11 a.m. or later and not above the first floor of Sever, others jammed Biology 1 where 200 disappointed would-be frog dissectors were turned away. With only three main freshman, dormitories over 500 freshmen had to board in private houses; however most ate in one of the three Halls and attended the October smokers there...
After three frustrated years under the Communists, British businesses in Red China last week decided to throw in the towel. In London the powerful China Association announced that its members would sever trade ties and abandon all their assets in Red China-holdings worth more than $840 million. Most of the 700 British nationals in China-all that is left of a British trade colony that numbered 10,000-will probably ask the Communist government for exit visas. The firms will try to sell their assets to Chinese Communist agencies, but the Foreign Office fears that it will prove...
INCIDENTAL INFORMATION: The Tercentenary Theatre is bounded by Widener, Memorial Church, University Hall, and Sever. The Sever quadrangle is formed by Sever, Robinson Hall, and Emerson... Names of honorary degree recipients are never officially released until the day of Commencement itself... President Conant's Commencement formula in conferring the A.B. degree runs "By the power invested in me by this University, I welcome you to the fellowship of educated...