Word: strainings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Herbert Hoover, private citizen, was thoroughly interested, if not downright excited. Just before the opening gavel Presidential Rule No. 7 (TIME, November 24, 1930) was observed when White House Physician Joel Thompson Boone announced: "Our present national leadership is bearing a greater strain than ever was the portion of any other President. Thank God, our President is a physical rarity. In spite of the incomparable burdens he is bearing. President Hoover is in excellent health...
...justification for the maintenance of Red Top is the necessity of adequate preparation for the strain of the four-mile race. If the varsity race were reduced from four miles, possibly to two miles, the time and energy spent in preparation would be reduced considerably. Analysis has shown that under proper conditions varsity rowing is not injurious to health, but there is, nevertheless, a constant threat of over-strain. In the past, a number of varsity crew men have expressed their preference for a two-mile race, an equally good criterion of rowing ability and far less exhausting...
...unusual strain placed on student resources by the present depression makes the extension of student waiting as an emergency measure advisable. It is an open secret that a number of the House Masters view such a move favorably. The Student Employment Office is unable to meet the needs of undergraduates. More are enrolled with the office than ever before. While in future the Committee on Admissions and the Employment Office will cooperate to insure that for every man admitted needing work a job will be available, the present fact remains that many who were admitted in 1929 with the assurance...
...prime activity of the Kellogg ranch. Though probably not in a class with the studs of Prince Mohammed Ali of Egypt and England's Baroness Wentworth, the Kellogg stud at Pomona raises some of the finest Arabian horses in the U. S., has done much to improve the strain of western saddle horses...
...late Author Bennett's book. The two heroines, who outclass the heroes, are actresses. Both plots are rather theatrically professional, in Author Bennett's later, lighter style. Handled with ambidextrous ease, these somewhat inconsequential stories will barely satisfy serious-minded Bennett fans, but his reputation can stand the strain...