Word: almost
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Truman had always kept him on. Now the time was appropriate. The blockade of Berlin was ending. The Western Germans were ready to form their own federal government (see INTERNATIONAL). In Clay's own words, "the punitive phases" of the Allied occupation were finished; the State Department was almost set to take over. Last week the President announced that General Clay would turn over his command next week to his deputies, Lieut. General Clarence Huebner and Major General George P. Hays, who would stand by until the State Department could move...
...first regatta the mechanics of the sport are an almost automatic process. There is still room for improvement of condition and timing, of course, and there will continue to be right down to the Yale race at the end of June...
Penn, last Saturday, stroked high for almost twice as long, and then gradually tapered off to a 32. Every crew has its own pattern...
...composition of Harvard's student body also must make a difference, for crewmen are almost all drawn from the ranks of prep school alumni, to whom rowing is a respected and honorable sport, often rich with family tradition...
...Revenge" was made several years ago at a time when Italy was at its lowest in both morals and morale. Heads of families were finding it almost impossible to earn a living wage and still be honest. The young boy in this film makes more money on the black market than him father does in a factory. The sister takes to jitterbugging and wearing black-lace drawers. So when the Italian soldier comes home, the plight in which he finds him own family can be taken as somewhat typifying that of Italy at the time. "Revenge" was intended to carry...