Word: performance
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first incumbent of the newly created office, Mr. Salmen will perform general secretarial duties, such as correlating and distributing the data prepared by the various College agencies. He will also aid Freshmen in extraordinary academic difficulties and assist advisers as much as possible...
...Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins must enforce immigration laws that turn unwanted aliens away from the U. S., must perform the sometimes ogreish job of deporting aliens who have lived, labored, sunk their roots in the U. S. No ogress, Frances Perkins last week had on her hands two noteworthy problem cases...
Swarthy Painter Thomas Hart Benton, famed for his Missouri murals, attacked New York City's examination for high-school teachers of fine arts, declaring the mural problem would have stumped him, complained "It is impossible to perform in the time limit allowed. As a matter of fact, it is impossible of performance no matter what the time limit...
...Havana with organized sight seeing trips and parties were very enjoyable. All students had plenty of time ashore to see the city thoroughly. On each of these yearly cruises a foreign port is visited which is an added incentive to carry on the practical work and duties the students perform at sea. Two years ago the ships visited Panama while last year the ports of call were Kingston, Jamaica and San Juan...
Most of the visitors are sheltered in camps pitched within a ten-mile radius, the fun-spot being the semipermanent Kraft durch Freude (Strength through Joy) camp midway between the old town and the party grounds. Every night up to 100,000 Nazis who are to perform before the Fuhrer on the morrow are bedded in barracks at the Party Camp adjoining the broad Lake Dutzend and buildings. Pending the completion of super-colossal March Field, Adolf Hitler this week had to be content with the Zeppelin Meadow, holding 100,000 spectators. And pending the completion of the Nazi Congress...