Word: taken
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Franklin Roosevelt has taken the returns of other elections since 1932 as renewals of his "mandate from the people." If last week's returns conferred a mandate, it was upon the Congress, not the President...
...civilized world stands revolted by a bloody pogrom against a defenseless people. Every instinct in us cries out in protest against the outrages which have taken place in Germany during the last five years and which sank to new depths in the organized frenzies of the last few days. . . . If you saw a gang of cowardly ruffians set upon a helpless man in a public street and proceed to beat him, you wouldn't long remain silent. If you saw a fanatical mob pillage and burn a church or a synagogue you wouldn't long remain silent...
...Scholarship throughout college, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year, and is now first marshal of Phi Beta Kappa. His field of study is economics. He is on the Student Council, the Class Album Committee, the Guardian magazine editorial staff, and the Student Union, and has taken part in debating. He was winner of the Briggs Prize book, given annually to the freshman who writes the outstanding midyear examination essay in the European history survey course...
...disciplinary action will be taken because of absences from classes on Saturday, November 19. Students are expected to attend their last class on Friday and their first class on Monday as in the case of one-day holidays. A.C. Hanford, Dean
...brightly colored playroom that is not as innocent as it looks, the youngsters are exposed to temptation, have their curiosity aroused and are purposely frustrated while an observer watches them through a one-way screen; even moving pictures can be taken of the unsuspecting youngsters through a mirror that is really a window...