Word: spare
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That Councilor Bogomoloff might not occupy his spare time by Russian secret service in Britain, Ambassador Sokolnikov paid a formal visit to Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson, gave formal pledges that the Soviet Government would not engage in propaganda either in Britain or in any of the Dominions...
When the Department of Agriculture wonders about the habits of U. S. birds and animals it asks the Bureau of Biological Survey* to report. Chief of the Bureau is tall, spare Paul G. Redington, who spends his time traveling through the wild gamelands of the U. S. and Alaska. Last week at the 16th annual American Game Conference in Manhattan, Chief Redington told some 200 game commissioners and sportsmen about an experiment the Bureau had made to determine how far migratory wild birds fly each season. First, 100,000 birds were captured and numerically leg-banded. During the subsequent seasons...
...there will be three full afternoons each week for practice, beginning next week. As the University team never used its full time, this year there will be for the first time an adequate opportunity for second team practice under supervision, whereas before, the Freshmen have used all the available spare time. This year, efforts are being made to provide a regular schedule for the second team...
...allowed to go to the Saturday evening hops, but there are always moving pictures on these nights. And over the week end, he can escort his visitors around the Post, and dine with them at the Hotel. There are many pleasant things to do during his spare time. And the Plebe has more time of his own than any man of the upper three classes...
Squabble. A typical pre-season squabble took place last week, between John Carroll University and Ohio State. Ralph Vince, Carroll Coach, said his halfback, Ted Rosequist, had been lured to Ohio State by one Hal Ells, Ohio State senior, with offers of free tuition, free board, a spare-time job. When asked whether he would "prefer charges" against Ohio State before officials of the Big Ten, Coach Vince replied, "We haven't thought of that yet. We only want to get Rosequist back." Ohio State alumni also heard themselves abused from Heidelberg (Ohio) University for trying to interview Merle...