Word: affair
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Koestler's thesis: Nowhere in all his battles and jails had he seen any man dying solely for "the democratic way." This war "turns out to be a more complicated affair than it looked at the beginning. . . ." Now, he writes, "the character of this war reveals itself as what the Tories always said it was-a war for national survival, a war in defense of certain conservative igth Century ideals, and not what I and my friends of the Left said that it was-a revolutionary civil war in Europe on the Spanish pattern." Koestler believes that...
...first meeting of the recently formed club of wives of the communications officers was a highly dramatic affair. A club chairman was elected by the 30-odd wives present, and she was in the process of appointing an executive committee to aid her in the club administration. In came the chairman's officer-husband, who walked abruptly through the club functions to his wife, and taking her by the arm, announced that the club would have to get a new chairman. He had just received his orders...
...were not General Giraud's new powers just a trifle dictatorial? Well, said Murphy, backed up by his British colleague Harold Macmillan, they were not quite so dictatorial as they might seem. Possibly, Murphy said, General Giraud "might reinstitute the election of the Algerian Council" (a purely local affair). But that was about as far as the General would...
...affair will begin with a supper at 5:30 o'clock in Agassiz, followed by a Choral Society presentation and cowboy and Mexican dancing by the Radcliffe Dancing Group at 7 o'clock. The Idlers and several Harvard men will present at 8:30 o'clock in Agassiz, an act from Noel Coward's "Family Album...
Bartok's lecture Tuesday was not an exciting affair, but it was an extremely competent introductory talk to a course on folk and modern music. Clarity, good organization of material, a quiet but effective sense of humor, frequent and excellent illustrations on the piano, and a sincere desire on his part to please all speak for a highly successful association between Bela Bartok and those who would like to gain the benefits of his presence at this University...