Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...succeed Archbishop Mooney in Rochester the Holy See recalled Bishop James Edward Kearney from Salt Lake City, to which diocese he, a Manhattanite, had been sent five years ago (TIME, July 18, 1932). Bishop Kearney's first task in Rochester may be to find a new cathedral site. Presumably planning expansion, Eastman Kodak Co. announced last week it was negotiating to purchase St. Patrick's Cathedral and nearby Catholic property. Before the sale can be closed, Pope Pius XI must give permission, arrange to have the Cathedral's holy ground deconsecrated...
Oath at 104°. Up to last week King Farouk's nearest approach to military rank was as Egypt's Chief Boy Scout. In this capacity he recently keynoted: "Young men and young women of Egypt. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, it is our task to bring our bodies into subjugation to our wills!" Straight from Boy Scouthood last week His Majesty was promoted to Field Marshal. He donned a uniform of red, white and green, grasped the baton of Field Marshal in lieu of a sceptre, and whirled off in his coach, flanked by barefoot native runners...
Faced with the task of gaining six minutes on Ranger in a 15-mi. run down wind, Sopwith then tried a desperate alternative that offered at least a chance of catching up. He sailed far off the course to gamble on a better breeze. The hope, forlorn at best, was frustrated. When Ranger crossed the line, in a deafening uproar from the spectator fleet. Endeavour was barely visible in a gathering fog. She finished 17 min. 5 sec. later, beaten more thoroughly than any boat in an America's Cup race since James Bell's Thistle was beaten...
...Ireland, then you will have a majority for the unity of Ireland. When we have got that majority the problem of the unity of the country will be solved. . . . There has been no question of force in regard to the six counties. We recognize it would be a distasteful task and one which probably would not succeed and which ultimately, if it did, would not make for the kind of union we want...
...year's record the Council looked into the method of admission into the Houses immediately after the announcement that almost half of the Freshman applicants were rejected. It suggested that the University regulate the size, of incoming Freshman classes and left to next year's Council the task of carrying on the investigation. The consistent repetition of "investigation" within these lines is excellent proof of the Council's alertness; no student can do other than hope its example will become a precedent...