Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...capable of winning either passionate loyalty or violent hatred. Of especial value should be the passage describing his determination after his election to sacrifice the personal contacts usually demanded of a president in order to devote himself to the great task of leading the government. Dictated by his stern Presbyterian conscience this decision is made perfectly understandable and compatible with his friendly nature, but we soon see him losing the support of the press and getting a reputation for coldness...
...bombers. What happened next was a splendid moot point for naval historians. Loyalists say one of their air bombs plopped straight down the Espana's funnel. Rebels insist that the Espana struck a floating mine. In any case, up she blew and in 45 minutes sank by the stern to the bottom of the Bay of Biscay. Of her crew, normally 854 officers and men, no were rescued by the Velasco. Fishing boats searched the area for hours, found not a body or a survivor but other things: several German newspapers, the captain's cap, an officer...
Editorial Board: Richard T. Davis '38. R. Stuart Hoyt '40, and James Tobin '39. Business Board: David Beck '38, Sheldon Ekman '39, Joseph E. Jones '38, C. Hamilton Luther '40, William A. McFadden '39, sherman J. Maisel '39, Royal S. Schaaf '39, and David S. Stern...
...famous and (or) notorious Nineveh Chorus, featured recently on the photo pages of Boston papers, consists of Jeanne Stern of Radcliffe, Helen Porter of Dana Hall, Julie Casay of Childe-Walker, Virginia Leach of Radcliffe, Martha Bird of the Junior League, Olivia Osberne of the Junior League and Vincent Club, and Mary Lou Walpole of Boston...
...cause of the disaster remains in doubt. Smoking was permitted in an asbestos lined smoking room, at the door of which a steward always stood to watch outgoing passengers. But the fire apparently started in the stern, indicating the possibility of a short circuit. Since the ship only contained helium near the passenger's compartment, all the rest being hydrogen, any fire would be impossible to control. The ship had passed through an electrical storm over New York...