Word: takings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...find the individual who can make Germanic Culture live as did Kuno Francke, but it is to be hoped that the committee's plan of several short tenures of the chair during the first few years of its existence will bring to light some man worthy and willing to take a permanent place in this position: The sooner such a permanent incumbent on be found the better, for the supply of possible candidates for such a place is strictly limited as the difficulty of annually finding men for the Norton chair has shown. And it is only through a somewhat...
...president of the Guggenheim Fund and Ambassador-nominate to Cuba was present. He and Lieutenant Doolittle had an argument. The Lieutenant wanted to fly the plane alone. Mr. Guggenheim, a flyer himself, insisted that Lieutenant Benjamin Kelsey, who had assisted in the research, occupy the front seat, to take control in case accident happened. Piqued, daring (TIME, Sept. 30) Lieutenant Doolittle consented. He crawled into the rear cockpit, hauled an opaque cloth entirely over himself and instruments, which were illuminated, gave the plane the gun. Off were the two men. Lieutenant Kelsey with his arms resting on the gunwales, Lieutenant...
...precipice by a heavenly hand; at other times she saw two snakes. She heard wings beating, saw angels and devils, met Jesus in the basement. A proud reminiscence: "I was often considered crazy on the subject of religion." At length she heard a voice exclaim from the heavens: "Take something in your hands and throw it at those places and smash them...
...speech-on Boston Common yesterday afternoon, L. B. Cohen Jr., '32 president of the Harvard Socialist Club and distributor of "Welcome To MacDonald" circulars, urged labor to elect representatives to the legislature to take the places of those who were the nominees of capitalists...
...Department of Physical Education at Wadsworth House, tennis has displaced crew as the most popular Freshman sport. Although there are 208 candidates for crew positions this year, an increase of one over 1928 and 11 over 1927, tennis has gained 31 in the last two years to take top honors with 214 candidates...