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From his secret headquarters in the centre of the city Adolf Hitler gave strict orders that nothing should be done that might cause violence. The hymn singing, however, got under the skin of the Bavarian police. With sabres swinging they charged. Pates were split...
Some members of the Columbia faculty were polled on the question. A split vote was the result. Generally, the science faculty saw little use for a reading period. An English instructor saw much advantage in the plan for students taking English courses. Most of the objecting faculty members thought the reading period would lead to procrastination of studies before this period and cramming during this period...
...bloody and costly strikes during his 18 months in office. "But," said he defensively, "I would point out that the extent and seventy of labor disputes during this period [the last twelvemonth] has been far less than in any previous comparable period." Responsibility for these disputes the President split equally: "Machinery set up by the Federal Government has provided some new methods of adjustment. Both employers and employes must share the blame of not using them as fully as they should. ... It is time that we made a clean-cut effort to bring about that united action of management...
Many years ago a group of undergraduates with these same feelings formed themselves into an organization which corresponded to the present Instrumental Clubs, and for years carried on with varying fortunes until about fifteen or twenty years ago when this group split up into the present Glee Club and the present Instrumental Clubs, the latter continuing with lighter, semi-classical, less serious music and also continuing the policy of having, besides a Vocal Club, instrumental music, a dance orchestra, and later a Specialty division. And because more men every year or finding that the Instrumental Clubs are filling a definite...
...down, almost delayed the start. Endeavour's crew, which had functioned ably since the first race, bungled an attempt to set a spinnaker, let Rainbow get away first as usual. The only moment thereafter when Rainbow was in danger of losing her lead was when her parachute spinnaker split, halfway out on the 15-mi. run to leeward. She broke out a new one quickly, rounded General Cornelius Vanderbilt's yacht Winchester, used for the halfway mark in the absence of a buoy, five minutes ahead of Endeavour. She matched every effort the challenger made in a tacking...