Word: sponsor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...feeding a major share of Harvard thousands is but one of the many duties handled by the new secretary. His primary function is to act as adviser, leader, and sponsor for Yardling social activities...
...Union will reopen its social season on an all-College basis within the next few weeks. Men of all classes living in the Yard, Claverly, and Dudley halls will be represented on a Union Committee to sponsor and administer extra-curricular activities...
American womanhood had never struck so rich a bonanza as during the wartime expansion of the U.S. merchant marine. Superstition of the sea had busied thousands of nervous feminine hands with the christening of ships. And after smashing her bottle, each ship sponsor took home a souvenir gift. Some of the trinkets would have lit fire in the eyes of a Follies girl...
Russian Accent. His advice had an ironic twist. Behind the laudable words in the title of his Win the Peace Committee were a spate of suspicious actions. One of its founders was the C.I.O. Electrical Workers' Julius Emspak, also a sponsor of the American Peace Mobilizers, who had picketed the White House early in 1941 with cries of warmongering, then neatly flip-flopped the day Germany invaded Russia. One of the speakers at the inaugural convention was a member of Greece's Communist-led EAM; others were from the far left wing of the U.S. Congress: Washington...
Back on the air, Godfrey began just "to reach that guy." He was the first man to ridicule his commercials-and sponsors. They threw fits until sales boomed. From there out, Godfrey never wanted for a sponsor. For his morning programs he now has a round 88, plus a good-sized waiting list...