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...students, and janitors into a frenzied hunt. For the "rabbit which is Leverett House" was carried off by force. The matter has been placed into the efficient hands of the Metropolitan Police, but little hope is felt for the return of this mascot and demi-god revered by every staunch heart in the House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "No Hope For the House" as "The Rabbit Which Is Leverett" Vanishes On Thursday--Murdock Mourns Missing Mascot | 12/18/1931 | See Source »

...tearing grind of the ice. On one of her first voyages north with the sealers, she carried as a member of her crew a youth named Ronald Amundsen, whose achievements later became famous in the annals of polar exploration. It was Captain Amundsen who, in 1926, recommended the staunch old ship to Admiral Byrd for the long voyage southward to the Rose. Barrior, where Little America, the base camp of the Antarctic Expedition, was later to be located...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Byrd's Ship, on Inspection Tour, Offers Intimate Glimpse of Living in Antarctic | 10/2/1931 | See Source »

Only British M. P. to be knighted was sturdy Ben Turner, staunch Labor henchman of the Prime Minister, onetime weaver, now textile union head. In general the Honors List reflected Scot MacDonald's disapproval of the peerage-no new peer was created...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Jewish Birthday | 6/15/1931 | See Source »

...crazy post-War years of inflation, Dr. Brüning moved with the Catholic Centre from staunch Imperialism to staunch Republicanism. Six years ago his party put him into the Reichstag. There his sheer erudition made him valuable to politicians who needed to ask questions before talking about budgets and such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Fighting for Fatherland | 6/15/1931 | See Source »

...operation of U. S. Protestant denominations. It was hoped that it might at least give to Protestantism a united voice on moral, not theological, questions. For the long distant future there was hope that eventually all the Protestant bodies flourishing in the U. S. would merge into one staunch Protestant Church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Federal Council Scotched | 6/15/1931 | See Source »

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