Word: affair
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...citizens paid little attention to the whole affair. There were good reasons: 1) no big-time officials were involved; the highest ranking wrongdoer found was a plant metallurgist; 2) U.S. Steel's president, smart, suave Benjamin F. Fairless, made no attempt to defend his company, readily admitted "very, very poor management," promised that all involved "will have to walk the plank...
...trouble. When I first approached Mr. Merritt of the Music Department with the idea of the concert, I had my doubts as to my success. Not only was he interested, however, but even though it was not in the original plan, the Department voted to sponsor the affair...
Details of the affair will be decided at the committee's second meeting next Tuesday night, when arrangements will be made for the time, place and cost...
Cadet Colonel George Cannon, Scabard & Key president, and Cadet Lieutenant Jim Noland are in charge of the affair...
...Vienna, he has much trouble leaving one woman, protecting the reputation of a second, and winning the hand of a third. His "love of convenience" with the latter, an unsophisticated girl, turns into the real thing, to the chagrin of his ex-pash. She schemes to break up the affair, and finding that be still won't come back to her, finally plugs him with a small roscoe, containing two cigarettes and one bullet. Things finally get straightened out, and love triumphs. It's hard to say exactly how old this German picture is, but it's an interesting antique...