Word: affair
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...grasps his rolled umbrella with wary grip, never knowing when he may be attacked by a predatory female. In his young days, as a clerk in a grocery store, Reginald Pinkerton learned to fear housewives. He willingly fought through all of World War I, a man's affair. Then he took a job as a bank clerk in Argentina, where woman's place is in the home. Returning to England in 1926, he "observed the havoc that the Feminine Invasion was creating," conceived the idea of the National Men's Defense League to "combat the menace...
...Victoria affair looked as if it might really put the Axis on the spot in Argentina...
Holding the Crimson to four scattered hits, the Crusaders accumulated 13 bingles off Captain Lou Clay to extend their winning streak over the visitors. Not since 1939, when the Varsity won a 12-inning affair, has the Harvard team beaten Holy Cross in Cambridge and not since 1934 at Worcester...
That the Smoker, will be anything but a one star affair is affirmed by a startling eleventh-hour addition to the cast which was consummated last night. The added attraction is Arthur Blake, one of the country's outstanding mimics, who has given two command performances at the White House within the past year. Blake, who at present is breaking all records at a local Boston night club, is famous for his impersonation of Mrs. Roosevelt; and it is reported that upon seeing the mimic's antics the First Lady laughed heartily, as did the President...
...line with a policy of economy, due to the fact that this year's Smoker budget is 50 per cent less than that of last year, the affair will be held in the Union, which is less expensive than previously used Sanders Theatre. The show will begin at 8:30 o'clock, and will continue indefinitely...