Word: typing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Alumni meets have been of the 'thrilling' type because not only do they afford the season's first test of a usually green Varsity, but because they present the unusual and sometimes pathetic spectacle of some of Harvard's all-time aquatic here, Charlie Hutter, will take time off from his Medical School studies to compete in the sprint events, while his perpetual Alumni-meet rival, George "24-second" Scott, plans to thrash out a mighty 50 yards. Rusty Greenhood, last year's captain and League champion diver, will team with Bun Merriam, another former Crimson star, to features...
Fiercest ground fighting was at Suojärvi, northern end of Finland's upper defense line in Viipuri Province (formerly Karelia). Here the Russians evidently advanced in close formation for the Finns told of shooting down two entire companies (800 men) with "machine pistols," a Chicago-type sawed-off machine gun, reputedly capable of 250 rounds per minute. A Finnish soldier, speaking over the radio, said: "I don't believe the Russians are used to us seal shooters. Compared to a seal's head in the water, they [Russians] are almost too big a target. You hardly...
...Great Britain the Ministry of Supply announced that a 13-year-old schoolboy, one John Clough, had (while bedded with a chill in the infirmary) worked out a new type of air bomb which was a "first-class idea," had passed preliminary tests...
...declares that instead of the proverbial truth being at the bottom of the well it has been replaced by "cuttlefish that are fouling it with their inky poison of lies and hate." "Harvard," he hints, "has been specializing in this type of fish" (the communist octopus...
...competent leader must carefully choose musicians for his band. Every contractor has his own idea about the type men he wants, and naturally picks them to especially fit his particular style. In so doing, he must not destroy the means of identifying his music. It isn't always easy, by the way, to find such men on short notice. Musicians, like bands, have their own style, and this is important in making up the personnel of the band. Sometimes one who plays well, doesn't fit in another capacity and vice versa; thus, all details must be carefully scrutinized...