Word: turning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...preliminary to the varsity game, the Freshman teams of the two schools will meet at 7:30 o'clock. The Yardlings are as yet completely untried, and not even Skip Stahley, their coach, knows how strong they will turn...
...Rumania neutral that he recalled the Ambassador for no other reason than that he was too much of an Allied partisan. His new appointment was accepted in France as good news, in Germany as bad; Rumania had at least entered the picket lines of the Allied camp. One good turn deserving another, 36 new British-made Blenheim bombers were delivered in Bucharest...
Jinnah's own life has been a series of coat-turnings. He was born a Hindu, became a Moslem. He began his public life as an ardent Nationalist, later developed into a rank communalist (in favor of local elections according to religious majorities). Once a stanch supporter of the Indian National Congress party (for independence), he later became soul & body of the All-India Moslem League (for Moslems), of which he is permanent president. Tall, slim, aquiline of feature and grey of hair, an immaculate dresser, an adroit lawyer, reserved yet with plenty of charm behind the tap when...
Tactful, 43-year-old Dr. Davison hopes to turn the compromise between the hospital and the A.M.A. into a lasting peace. Chicagoans, weary of squabbles and political scandal, hoped that he would plump for a bigger appropriation to buy more bedpans, provide more ward space, keep beds out of corridors, put up a new building to relieve overcrowding...
...Russian position. After elaborating Russia's reasons for her attack on Finland, the proclamation adds a brief suggestion that Harvard should disregard the "American imperialists" who are "taking the lead in Chamberlain's anti-Soviet schemes." America must not accept the "pro-war hysteria" which aims to turn her against Russia...