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...conventions run smoother than most. President Green usually knows most of the delegates by name, listens to their proposals patiently, refers them to the limbo of his committees. One resolution which had a better chance of approval than most was a proposal to increase the Federation's powerful executive council from 11 to 25 members to democratize that body. Reason: the man who introduced it was President John L. Lewis of United Mine Workers, President Green's kingmaker...
...Smiling, straightforward, and cordial to all newcomers, Mr. Leighton in his third-story office in University Hall directly above that of the President and Corporation, has ironed out difficulties which since the beginning of time have harassed the Freshman, and is constantly striving to make the path smoother...
Getting off to a brilliant start at 3.30 o'clock on smoother water than had the Varsity the Crimson second crew found itself in the lead by three-quarters of a length after twenty strokes...
...possibility that the race might take place in the morning instead of in the afternoon appeared last night when word was received that Princeton athletic officials, coaches, and managers were willing to row in the morning when the chances of smoother water are better if the arrangement was agreeable to both Harvard and Tech...
This winter smart Londoners danced to "What More Can I Ask?", a Ray Noble tune even smoother and more insinuating than the overworked "Goodnight, Sweetheart." Ray Noble and his orchestra have made a record of it, letting fiddles and saxophones carry the melody against an elaborate syncopation. Leslie Hutchinson, a Negro whose records are a rage in London, sings the same song to his own free & easy piano accompaniment...