Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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MURDER IN SILENCE-George Selmark-Crime Club ($2). Quiet, orderly series of murders in the Old English pattern. Good bit: Dr. MacFarlane's home for drunks...
Sweden can probably thank her military strength for still being at peace last week. But for it, Hitler would probably have included Sweden in his Blitzkrieg on Denmark and Norway. Herr Hitler has a weakness for a pushover, and if he had found Norway just a little bit easier he would have had Sweden locked in her room. But another reason for her still unviolated borders may be Sweden's weakness, and until last week this weakness was scarcely suspected outside of Sweden. Adolf Hitler may believe that he can get Sweden's iron and her arsenal, immobilize...
Plump, self-conscious District Attorney Claud L. Boyd did not like the case a bit. Though the seven indictments were returned last autumn, he announced that the State's case was not yet prepared, last week got a postponement till next September. It was freely predicted that the trial would never be held...
...streamlined bit of old-world charm, the monastery is furnished with the ultra-modern frugality which is considered chic in profaner abodes. White stucco-walls of a peculiarly warm tone, a few austere paintings (not all religious), and plain dark furniture (not all antique) are as suitable to monkish taste as to "The Home Beautiful." The brothers' wholesome fare is supplied from a flashy kitchen with air exhaust, at a cost of 141/2 cents per meal (attention Harvard Dining Halls). Their cells are considerably smaller, but lighter and cleaner than those across Boylston Street. Enterprising fathers can climb...
Jack Barnaby's Varsity tennis squad is loaded with material this spring and may give the touring University of Miami outfit quite a struggle. The Southerners won a 7 to 2 team decision last year, but Harvard strength runs a bit deep now than it did a year ago. Captain Dave Burt, Langdon Gilkey, Johnny Palfrey, Chet Legg, and Jack Stewart are all on hand for their last year of play. Backing up that formidable group of veterans are Corey Wynn, Ross Lyell, and Homer Peabody...