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...Most recalcitrant" and stiffest-fined of the condemned Mirror rebels, Ruth Phillips, 35, blonde author of three books of fiction, is also the most articulate critic of her accusers. Twelve years on the Mirror, she was a charter Guild organizer, a militant member of the Executive and Grievance Committees. She changed her mind last summer when 18 Mirror Guildsmen unsuccessfully petitioned the National Convention to oust Executives Milton Kaufman and Victor Pasche. Then began the rebel movement for the A.F. of L. American Newspaper Writers Association. A war of nerves followed at the Mirror...
...especially difficult. Math, 11, which may be given next year by MacLane, is excellent, but not too good to take unless the student has had Math. 2. Math 12 is mostly taken by graduate students, and is definitely steep. Math. 13 is one of the stiffest courses in the department, and trains the student in really rigorous proof. The lecture material is generally well presented, but the problems are tough, and the grading severe. The course is recommended, but for senior year...
Harvard's varsity mermen are strongly favored to continue their winning ways in the Indoor Athletic Building pool this evening at 8:45 o'clock at the expense of the Brown Bears. Coach Leo Barry's squad should afford the Ulenmen their stiffest test of the year, but nevertheless the visitors are below par this season and have little hope of repeating their 38 to 37 upset victory of two years...
Strictly by invitation, Pittsburgh's stiffest and shiniest shirts ranked themselves on the Carnegie stage, decked and double-decked with greenery-yallery ferns and flowers. The ceremonies went on the air with the national anthem, thanksgivings for the late Mr. Carnegie, and warblings by a home-grown soprano, who sang The Last Rose of Summer as an encore...
...Army-Navy underlings finally let U. S. businessmen know what they might expect in the way of industrial conscription: little or none, if they behave according to Government lights. If they behave otherwise (i.e. balk at taking defense contracts on Government terms), President Roosevelt can invoke conscription in its stiffest form: immediate, outright seizure of plants and products, to be paid for when and as he pleases...