Word: soldier
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Napoleon said the baton of a field marshal was hidden in the knapsack of every soldier. Leopold Stokowski, Little Corporal of orchestra directors, believes the baton of a conductor may be concealed in the sleeve of each and every man in his famed Philadelphia Orchestra. Following the resignations last week of assistant conductor Artur Rodzinski, who goes to the Coast as leader of the Los Angeles Philharmonic; of concert master Mischa Mischakoff, who blurted that he was leaving because of Stokowski's "rude and unfair treatment"; and of David Dubinsky, leader of the second violins, who deserted for reasons...
...announced yesterday by A. W. Samborski '26. Director of Intramural Athletics, that class baseball would officially get under way today. Some men have already reported and received their uniform, and all who have not should do so at the Soldier Field Locker Building this afternoon...
...Pardon, my General," quavered Orderly Juan, "I could not find a soldier to take your bomb to the canal...
...revived. She now ordered her chauffeur to speed up the Champs Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe, guarded only by a single poilu. Acting from pure impulse, without notifying the authorities, Mrs. Parmely Herrick had resolved to place a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, as a last tribute from Ambassador Herrick...
...said the Chief and he called a soldier, ordering him to take the bomb to the headquarters of General Augustin de la Vega, the rebel commander, and destroy it. The soldier, misunderstanding, left the bomb ticking quietly on General de la Vega's desk...