Word: turning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...million elbowing visitors this week, a 1,300-member committee toiled feverishly to make the four-day show the biggest, most expensive Presidential Inauguration in history. After all, it was the nearest thing the U.S. had to a coronation, a rare chance for the republic's leaders to turn out in top hats...
...training jumps. But Hodgkiss sensed disaster, yelled: "Stand up, hook up, jump!" There was only time for Hodgkiss to see that all chutes were hooked to the static line. In seven seconds (half the usual minimum time) 36 men went out through the two doors. It was Hodgkiss' turn. He took a look. By this time the shuddering C82 was too low for him to get out. Sergeant Hodgkiss sat down and braced himself...
Early in the term, the president of the Radcliffe chapter of the American Youth for Democracy refused to turn in a membership list to the Radcliffe Dean's Office. She claimed that because membership in undergraduate political organizations was inscribed on a student's permanent college record, the chances of future employment for RAYD members would be imperiled. If the RAYD persisted in refusing to turn in its list, it would lose its charter, since college rules require every organization to submit names of members each term...
...member of this "subversive" group is running the risk of being considered "subversive" for the rest of her life. Employers may or may not check a girl's college record carefully; if they do, and find that she was a member of the AYD, they will be inclined to turn down her application-- to be on the safe side...
Signature cards will turn up in College registration envelopes for the first time, on Monday, February 7, Registrar Sargent Kennedy '28 announced yesterday. The move is designed to enforce a new Administrative Board ruling that "all students must register personally...