Word: tasked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Newman who lives in Mathews Hall comes from Hollywood. He was chosen by Keith after the latter interviewed a list of Yardling aspirants. Newman's first task will be conducting business board competitions in order to secure advertising and subscriptions for the Red Book Directory which is scheduled to appear during the third week of November...
...illogical and hilarious as most of their writings. An ace correspondent (William Gaxton) undertakes to win for his chief (Edward H. Robbins) the job of ambassador to Russia by discrediting the incumbent, Alonzo P. ("My friends call me 'Stinky'") Goddhe, who is portrayed by Victor Moore. The task turns out to be more than Gaxton had anticipated even with Mr. Moore's complete cooperation until he finally abandons the assignment and tries to make his victim the best-loved diplomat in the world Mr. Moore is immediately recalled...
...with one of their key men out, with many other regulars tired and numbed with disillusionment, the team must prepare to work for the hardest task any team in the country could wish for, that of facing Dartmouth, terror or of the east...
...Chamberlain remained snug and cozy at No. 10 Downing Street last week and Mr. Chamberlain went fishing. It had been a titan's task to win brief leisure for this favorite recreation of Britain's best-known brother of the angle and Prime Minister. His method is to get things done by businesslike steps. First, he averted European war by Czechoslovak dismemberment. Second, he won a vote of confidence on this act last week, 366 to 144, in the House of Commons. Third, he averted strife in his Conservative Party by postponing indefinitely the annual Party Conference which...
...ingratiating ways with Washington correspondents, plays poker with White House Secretary Marvin Mclntyre and prides himself on his U. S. slang. Diplomat Saito approves the establishment of a Japanese-controlled China, but is generally believed to dislike the smashing tactics the army is using to achieve it. His unpalatable task since the China war started has been to square aggressive Japan with a U. S. sympathetic to China. Dashing about making polite apologies and good-will appearances has so worn down the Ambassador that his weight dropped to 92 lbs., and four months ago he was forced to take...