Word: tasked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When a group of students take on the task of voicing undergraduate sentiment, their powers for doing harm obviously exceed their capacity for doing good. Aided by the public's tendency to confuse the writings of a dozen men with the unanimous opinion of an undergraduate body, they win a larger following than perhaps they deserve. And if Benjamin Franklin could deplore the power of a grown man when he acquired "a Press, and a huge Pair of BLACKING BALLS," how much more dangerous are the caprices of irresponsible students. A thoughtless attack, a distortion of fact that may seem...
...Eire's share of the upkeep of these defense works $25,000,000 a year-the amount of the disputed land annuities. Thus, at one stroke two causes of dissension were removed and the two Prime Ministers quietly agreed, turning over to trade experts the detailed task of tearing down the tariff walls as far as possible. Since this task will take time, the meeting adjourned for six weeks...
...Minister of State and Financial Coordinator. He neatly defined his new job: "It has been said that in a neighboring country [Germany] it became necessary to choose between butter and cannon. Cannon were chosen. Here in France we want both butter and cannon. It is a difficult task...
There are two ways to become an Immortal: 1) election by a 75% vote of the members of the Baseball Writers Association, who have been given the task of choosing players whose careers ended some time between 1900 and the year of election; 2) selection by a committee of oldsters, who choose 19th Century heroes. In this year's ballot, Grover Cleveland Alexander was the only player who received enough votes to qualify. Of 262 votes he received...
...task of raising funds fell largely to his frail widow. Tirelessly, in spite of a spinal ailment that made exertion difficult, she has since toured the U. S., giving concerts (she is a good pianist), talking, gleaning contributions to keep the MacDowell Colony going. During the past 30 years she has succeeded in personally raising some $100,000. The Colony has grown, occupies today some 500 acres sprinkled with isolated cottages, with room for 50 artists each summer. A list of those who have benefited by its hospitality at one time or another, reads like...