Word: abandoned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During the scrimmage, the Freshmen remained constantly on the defensive, and for the second straight day provided a target for the offensive plays of their seniors. While the Varsity made notable gains with abandon, the Yardlings rallied on more than one occasion to stop them cold and attracted favorable attention by their spirited play...
False Impressions. In Kansas City, Mo., Gladys Wedding laughed at a movie with such hearty abandon that she had to hustled to a hospital to get her tongue disentangled from her upper plate. Near harlevoix, Mich., Walter Springer, caught in an auto collision while his teeth were Darked in his shirt pocket, was treated for a nasty bite on the chest...
...fought out in the courts. So far, FTC's efforts to win similar cases in the courts have failed. The last precedent was a 1946 decision by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, which refused tp enforce an FTC order for the cement industry to abandon a similar multiple basing point system...
...affair. Sister Ruth does not renew her vows (which are renewable annually in this Order); she pours herself into a red dress and makes a maddened dead-set for the Englishman. The pagan atmosphere is too much for the nuns; by the time the rains set in, they forlornly abandon St. Faith's for the convent back in Calcutta...
...effectuating the second part of this resolution the ad hoc committee could perform a desirable service. Although it is not noted for its pliability, the University might abandon tradition if urged by a large number of students and organizations. But the third part of the resolution makes the motives of those who passed it extremely suspect. They appear to be inordinately concerned with getting their names or the names of organizations to which they may belong associated with that of Mr. Wallace. There was no question of the competence of AVC to handle the details of the Wallace visit...