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Word: affair (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that the admirable Captain Kelway is dealing with the enemy. This is incredible in a man like Kelway, who was wounded at Dunkirk and has responsible duties at the War Office. But Harrison is clever; the drop of suspicion that he injects remains to corrode a happy love affair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Contemporary Treason | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

Jordan based his reversal of position on the fact that the profits of the affair will go for the fund. The Student Council, in deciding on the Somerset, expressed hope that the lure of a non-Agassiz dance would make it a greater success. Only five Council members voted against the proposal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jordan Approves Somerset Dance | 2/26/1949 | See Source »

...date for such an affair had been tentatively set for April 23, but this date was found to coincide with the date previously reserved for the Class of '51 dance. At the Social Affairs Committee meeting last Thursday night, all other dates were found to be occupied...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Key Society's College Dance Is Abandoned | 2/26/1949 | See Source »

When the last barbed wire was pulled away the attackers crowded up the front steps, and finally forced the 'Poonsters indoors without their banner, ending the whole affair...

Author: By John R.W. Smail, | Title: 'Spring Rioting' by Mob Marks Lampoon's Rally | 2/25/1949 | See Source »

...gathering, reminiscent of the pro-war spring riots, was observed but not hindered by both Yard and Cambridge police. Also in the crowd were increasingly large numbers of local urchins who reveled in the water-bomb throwing and the magnificent sawdust fight which culminated the affair...

Author: By John R.W. Smail, | Title: 'Spring Rioting' by Mob Marks Lampoon's Rally | 2/25/1949 | See Source »

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