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Word: absenting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Numbers won. When the three absent white members were obtained for another council meeting, the two-thirds vote went through. Gary is to have $15,000 temporary quarters for the Emerson High Negroes. More suitable, permanent all-Negro quarters will probably be furnished in time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Jim Crow Jr. | 10/10/1927 | See Source »

...explorers intend to be absent from this country for about six months...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RESEARCH EXPEDITION GOES TO FRENCH SUDAN | 9/30/1927 | See Source »

...beginning of the second session R. W. Turner '28 was absent from the line-up, being forced to keep on the side lines on account of a pulled tendon which he suffered in the morning work-out. After individual work with the coaches the teams went through an exacting dummy scrimmage, and then...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL TEAM LINEUP STILL FAR FROM DEFINITE | 9/24/1927 | See Source »

...means "Absent without leave." It is not to be confused with S. O. L., which means "Sadly out of luck" or "Sure out of luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: The Legion Leaves | 9/19/1927 | See Source »

...Absent. The following members were noted as not having sent delegations: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Honduras, Peru, Spain. The following non-members were also absent: U. S., Mexico, Russia, Turkey, Egypt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: Assembly Meeting | 9/19/1927 | See Source »

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