Word: staying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...could wish for except his soul. Hearing of the prospective revolution, he is unwilling to lend his support until he can be assured that the blow will come after his Master has left the city for the summer. But when at the last minute the Captain decides to stay, George is compelled to betray the plot. The militia are called, and Denmark Vesey, forsaken by all his "disciples," is left to await his own doom...
...Youth Conference" in Calcutta. A planeload of experts from Moscow came to give them their orders. Representing Burma was stout, 30-year-old Hari Narayan Goshal. From Malaya came Chinese Communist Lee Soong and from Australia, Laurence Sharkey, who flew back to Singapore with Lee for a two-week stay after the conference...
...most realistic view of the Burmese situation was expressed by former Japanese Puppet Premier Ba Maw (Ph.D., Cambridge). Said he, in his best Cambridge drawl: "Just because America and Britain make their spiritual home in the middle of the road is no reason to expect Burma to stay there. The Japanese spirit completely conquered these people. It's the man with the gun who will win out here...
...Stay Small. Growth alone has never interested Gilfillan's mild, sprightly President Sennet Gilfillan, 58 (his ailing brother, Jay, 54, co-owner, is inactive). Says Gilfillan: "If you stay small, you can do a better job. We concentrate on G.C.A. because we like it. We get a kick...
...chief complaint arises from the House masters' policy of preserving balance in their various domains by admitting numbers of Sophomores while Juniors stay festering in Aploy, Dudley, Clayerly, or Little Halls. Although it is hoped that all Juniors and Seniors will be assigned to Houses in the next few weeks, it is of little consolation to the unfortunate of last year, this year, and probably next year, that balance is preserved in the House which postpones his admissions...