Word: noon
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...this reason astronomers (who begin their astronomical day at noon, do not divide it into two 12-hour periods) advocate a calendar change...
Traveling time will be allowed those in good standing whose homes are at a distance from Cambridge. Such students will be permitted to take the last train which will get them home before noon on December 23, the first day of the recess. Students desiring travelling time must obtain permission from their respective Assistant Deans...
Into the Senate chamber shortly before noon one day last week limped William Scott Vare, Senator-suspect from Pennsylvania. His left side paralyzed, he leaned on a cane and the arm of his Philadelphia physician...
Vigorously last week Tardieu L'Américain lashed into the Deputies a proposal to hold three sessions every week day until the budget is voted. If they must talk, let it be morning, noon and night, until the bitter end. With much grumbling they assented. Then Tardieu did a double-snapper with his whip-demanded that they sit thrice a day on Sunday too. Rebellion loomed, but Ringmaster Tardieu fired a figurative blank cartridge, demanded a vote of confidence. After less than a month in Power he has the Deputies so thoroughly cowed that they licked his hand...
About thirty-five men from the Banjo Club, Gold Coast Orchestra, and Mandolin Clubs with a few of the specialty men will leave for Williamstown at noon on Saturday, March 14, by bus and private car. Upon arrival, they will be received and entertained until the performance in the evening. This is to be a joint concert, sponsored by the Williams Musical Clubs, and the program will be identical with the selections played at Roxbury, with the omission of the vocal club numbers. The group will spend the night in various dormitories and fraternity houses, before the return on Sunday...