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Word: unite (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Many of the men who attended the peace meeting and then voted in favor of the Nyc-Kvale bill to abolish compulsory R.O.T.C. are probably in favor of a voluntary R.O.T.C. Such a unit is Harvard's, and it is to be hoped that it will always remain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EVERYBODY LOVES A PARADE | 5/11/1938 | See Source »

...trip ended, Benson & Rixon introduced the world's first ready-made two-pants suits-1,000 of them at $17 to $22 each. Customer response was feeble. Undaunted, Mr. Benson tried again with 4,000 two-pants suits, all at $17. These, aggressively advertised, sold. Manufacturers, sensing fewer unit sales, fought the innovation, but it caught on, became a trend. By 1929 Benson & Rixon's one-store $200,000-a-year business had developed into a seven-store chain with annual trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: More & More Pants | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

...England Relay Carnival comes up for its second performance Saturday when the Stadium is host to track and field athletes from New England colleges. As a unit and as individuals Crimson trackmen will present a preview of Harvard track this spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Season Previews Will Be Made in Relays at Stadium | 4/27/1938 | See Source »

Legion post petitioned the Board of Education to start a junior R. O. T. C. unit in Kenosha High School. A group of ministers quickly objected. Soon mass meetings and fierce arguments were in full swing. Advocates of R. O. T. C. claimed it developed character and physical fitness, its opponents that it bred militarism. The Legion and some civic & fraternal organizations lined up behind R. O. T. C., labor unions and churches lined up against it. The Board of Education lined up on the fence, finally asked the City Council to hold a city-wide referendum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Knitting Warrior | 4/18/1938 | See Source »

Emerging from their customary silence, the Harvard Young Communists late last night came out with a statement in which they disclaimed any connection with the activities of the Cambridge unit; and called Mayor Lyons a member of Cambridge's Tory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YCL HERE DENIES CONNECTION WITH LOCAL RED SCARE | 4/16/1938 | See Source »

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