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...called "Ivy League" has been blown to bits by Athletic Director Ogden Miller's announcement that Yale will abandon "big-time football...
...stance. Just as he was about to swing, word came from Washington that Senator Miller could not appear, no one else on the committee could be spared, it would be highly improper for Republican Senator Tobey to sit alone on an investigation of a Democratic county. He must abandon his plans, return...
...turning point of history" was what Japan's Prince Konoye called the treaty. Reactions throughout the world showed that this might be true. To China a U. S.-Japanese war appeared inevitable. To Spain the U. S. seemed faced with a dilemma: intervene immediately or abandon Britain. Spanish newspapers said nothing of Spain's dilemma- to fight or to eat- as Don Ramón Serrano Suñer left Berlin for Rome...
...host of people who believe in democracy and in progress, though knowing that the camp of preparedness is lousy with embryo fascists and with profiteers, feel that bold strategy is called for if out country is to survive and our attempts at meaningful democracy to continue. We will not abandon our rightful share in the leadership of a vital program to those martinets and those businessmen who would pervert it into a prelude to fascism or to unnecessary war. We know what they want of preparedness--but we also know what we want. We want to present a picture...
...which now pays $100 weekly. She supports her family in a small whitewashed bunga low, responds to frequent touches by broke friends and relations. Her greatest extravagance to date is a pair of $3.98 cowboy boots which she used to wear continuously until schoolmates' jibes forced her to abandon them...