Word: virtual
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first arrivals was last week reported by the Berlin correspondent of the Copenhagen Politiken. The unhappy Jews were virtual slaves. The area around the city was entirely hedged in by barbed wire and bayonets. Gradually the Jews were herded from the station, given quarters of sorts, put immediately to work (twelve hours a day) on roads, fields, bogs, buildings...
...immigrant Irish newspaperman, Herbert Croly was the first child adopted into New York City's Ethical Culture Society. Proud, shy, intellectual, Croly suffered agonies of embarrassment interviewing any stranger, virtual torment when impassioned liberals appeared. Despite a soft, almost whispered voice, he dominated liberal gatherings, New Republic luncheons, was deferred to not only by force of intellect but of character. No Robespierre, he had good friends among the Bourbons (one of them was a New York Stock Exchange ex-president). His ideas included a thorny explanation of U. S. history which, expounded in his best book, The Promise...
...Springfield tallies were made by Monroe and Mortenson. The victory gives the Athletes virtual possession of the New England league title...
Chief Crimson surprises were the amazing performance of Lightbody, a virtual novice at cross country, and Simboli's failure to finish up with the leaders after heading the pack for most of the first half-of the five-mile run, sometimes by over 50 yards...
...victory over Harvard will leave Springfield in virtual possession of the New England league championship, as Yale, the other undefeated team, was beaten by Wesleyan Tuesday as well as being tied by Amherst last week. Springfield plays no more tough games...