Word: stern
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...what a fair mark should be. It is this latter element, I think, that makes the administration shy away from returning exams, for every instructor would be deluged with irate students who didn't want to learn their mistakes, but wanted primarily to correct the grade. Philip M. Stern...
...Curwen and coxswain Mantel, the stern of the favored Crimson shell will be weighted down with veterans. Captain Paul Knaplund, Frank Strong, and Dick Emmet are all returnees from the championship 1947 boat, and Bolles is counting heavily on their performance this afternoon. Bowman Mike Scully is also a time-tested oar, but it will be the first performance in the major leagues for Don Felt and Ted Reynolds, two and three oars, respectively...
From bow to stroke, the following eight will launch Harvard's bid for world's championship, barring further pestilence: Mike Scully, Don Felt, Ted Reynolds, Dick Emmet, Taggart, Frank Strong, Paul Knaplund, and Bill Curwen. Sam Mantel will handle vocal duties from the stern...
Exploits in Savagery. Elsewhere, savage raids turned into brutal massacres. Four miles from Kastel, about 100 Jews (two-thirds Irgun, one-third Stern Gang) swept into the village of Deir Yesin at dawn, blew up its huts with demolition charges. More than 200 Arabs, half of them women & children, died in the slaughter. The rest of the village's 700 dwellers surrendered or fled to caves in the nearby hills. For the first time, the Irgun and Stern terrorists were fighting against Arabs as a tactical force. While the Zionist General Council was accepting the Irgun's offer...
Last year, against the stern advice of L.B., Irene began looking for a play to produce. When Heartsong flopped, Hollywood smiled knowingly. But Tennessee Williams' agent, who had been popping in to rehearsals to watch Irene work, offered her the chance to produce Streetcar. Says Irene with unashamed pride: "Producers have to be cast just as carefully as actors, you know...