Word: affair
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sazonov made a formula of it: "The English, engaged in the pursuit of political aims of vital importance in Europe, may, in case of necessity, be prepared to sacrifice certain interests in Asia. . . . This is circumstance which we can, of course, exploit for ourselves, as, for instance, in Persian affair...
...were still dancing. The St. Andrew's Society voiced a cautious prediction on profits of the charity affair: perhaps $1 a ticket...
...reading of the indictment. Hermann Göring, whom most of them tacitly accepted as their "Führer," had also managed to salvage his vastly deceptive joviality (he graciously gave his autograph to a U.S. Navy technician) and one of his fancy uniforms, a fawn-colored, brass-buttoned affair, stripped of medals and cut down to fit his slenderized body. The uniform was obviously good for his morale. He wore it proudly, shunning the civvies G.I.s had presented to him with the note: "Dear Hermann, if you lose, please return the suit...
Last week a Chungking spokesman declared: the Viet Nam movement was an internal Indo-Chinese affair; while China would not recognize the native "provisional government," neither would it interfere with it. The spokesman also hinted that China wanted a voice in the operation of the French-owned railway that runs from the Indo-Chinese port of Haiphong to Kunming in China's southern hinterland...
...Formal by preference" and "informal by necessity" is the way the Yale Dance Committee describes the dance this Saturday. Although a formal affair has been planned, Harvard commuters and their dates will be admitted in semi-formal or street wear, and corsages are not permitted...