Word: affair
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since the unavoidable lateness in the selection of a V-12 House Committee prevented the Navy men from signifying their intention of having a dance any earlier, it was considered best by the Freshmen to hold their affair later, also on the grounds that there would be more V-12ers leaving at the end of this term than Freshmen...
Because of the proximity of the two dances, and that of the civilian Houses, the attendance, and therefore success, of each group would be affected. The Committee figured that since the Freshmen and V-12 were both having dances through their respective residences, the combined affair could wait until next term when it would probably have a bigger turnout...
Grades and Gambles. It was no simple upside-down affair. Inside the V12 schools, coaches had plenty of headaches...
Work for the BBC closely resembles a love affair with an elephant: the pleasure is nil, the danger of being crushed to pieces extreme, and in any case no results can be expected for nine years...
Harvard Jazzmen are featuring a group of New York swing festers, namely Frankie Newton, Al Morgan, Arthur Karle, and Pinky Black at their third concert, Saturday. The bang-up affair is being held in the Lowell House Dining Hall, and as usual, any college musicians who care to play may drop around between 2 and 5 o'clock and lend their talents...