Word: affair
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...brought minuscule Malta under its huge, puffed-up shadow, there was not a single plane on the island. Only 60 miles from Sicily, Malta was promptly written off by the British as impossible, to defend. But while Italy still controlled Sicily, Malta's war was a seesaw affair of brief, bravura raids and dolce jar niente. Not till the Luftwaffe took over did the real pasting come, and Malta become history's most heavily bombed island...
...have offered to surrender, in return for release of 500,000 Frenchmen imprisoned in Germany. Since Frenchmen are a burden to Germany as prisoners and could be a boon as laborers for Laval, this looked as if it might be a very pretty answer to a very curious affair...
...Jaakko is still pessimistic about the forthcoming Yale meet, since the Elis may be harder to beat in a dual affair...
About the only certain thing about the whole affair is that the boat which does not race as the Varsity, will get a workout in the capacity of Jayvees, and that is a sure guaranty of victory for the Crimson...
...over the quarter of a century that has followed this "hint" of social attraction has swamped the educative. The annual spring affair was moved from the Yard to Smith Halls, and following the path of the Freshmen back to the Union...