Word: affair
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...affair is terminated by the sudden arrival of her husband and Lord Rocking ham (who gets his just reward) and, more crucially, by Dona's reawakened sense of duty toward her children. The Lady and the Pirate agree that whereas "women will play at adventure ... for a day and a night . . ." sooner or later "they will make their nest." In a line which appeased the Hays Office and should interest the Legion of Decency, the skipper assures his sweetheart that if she returns to domesticity, "nothing has happened which will make your life a pretense...
...retorted that it was none of their business; that it wasn't their affair. They then seemed to get rather angry at the fact that we didn't come out and state we were for our Commander in Chief. . .. We were surrounded by an increasing number at about their Commander in Chief. We reiterated we didn't know and it was still none of their business. . . . Several of them accused us of being disloyal. . . . My friend and I attempted to leave...
...about their coming informal hop. Nothing matters anymore. What if Osage is practically bankrupt, who cares about Lifo or Fifo, aren't they going to take a real live girl to their first Harvard dance? And so it goes, just showing you what an important event tomorrow night's affair at the Parker House is going to be. You all know what a success our dance at the P. H. was and this amounts to the same thing. Every Junior who got paid last Monday should attend in reciprocity for the way in which the Middies supported our event. Tickets...
...Bradford Affair...
...sunny Oahu, three admirals and three generals were last week investigating who was to blame for Pearl Harbor (see U.S. AT WAR). In the three years since the disaster, the people variously connected with the affair have had various histories...