Word: touche
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...leaves were instantly canceled. Admiral Sellers got in touch with the Canal's Governor Julian L. Schley, who called off an officers' ball, mobilized all his facilities for the unprecedented mass movement ahead. Wartime regulations went into effect. No civilian was permitted near the locks and, to add a final authentic touch of war, the Army Intelligence Division spread a spy story...
Derby Day this year finds Churchill Downs physically about the same. The vast old gimcrack wooden stands have had a touch of paint and a little repair has been done on the fences which separate Louisville's most noted establishment from the mean little houses of one of its least attractive sections. In tune with the times, a café and bar have been added; admission prices are down 33⅓% to 50%. But for the first time since 1930, a sell-out is forecast for the Derby. Vice President & Mrs. Garner from horsy Texas and NRAdministrator Johnson, oldtime...
...result, Dr. Conant goes on to remark, "In the larger faculties more and more work is being done by administrative boards or committees. This is a very efficient system but tends to debar from discussion a large number and keeps the president from being in close touch with the general sentiment." It is to remedy the admitted defect of the present form of faculty meeting, and at the same time re-establish the former good, that the new council of sixty has been called into being. With a provision for rotation in office, it should permit "all the members...
...efficiency of the Administrative Board plan was not denied by President Conant but he pointed out that it tends to debar from discussion a large number and keeps the President from being in close touch with the general sentiment...
...first half. However, the backs did not gain possession of the ball enough to tally, and the only score came from two excellent penalty kicks by Don Meiklejohn. The second half was more closely contested and the only score was made when Hans Swyzer followed up well to touch down...