Word: befallen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wrote last week of the uneven brick streets of Baltimore [TIME, Sept. 5, p. 11]. It has befallen my lot in recent years to examine street paving in various cities from Los Angeles and San Francisco, Chicago and St. Louis, Detroit and Cleveland, to Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Baltimore has by far the best paved streets and the cleanest streets. Philadelphia has the worst paved and dirtiest streets, with St. Louis a close second. WM. H. THOMSON...
...importance to create a distinctly religious atmosphere for their children, giving them a religious education that endowed them with a Jewish consciousness and a self-respect. Both they and their childen had the will to be and to remain Jews." Another of his observations: "The direct calamity which has befallen Judaism in the recent generations is the attempt of the Communists of Russia to strangulate the Jewish soul...
...other side of the stage from this little bit of sunshine stands the greatest blunder mistake error bit of misfortune that has befallen the Vase bond in some little time. Spending a few days in Gotham we decided that when in New York one should do as the others and an attempt was made to view the remains of Messrs Barium and Ringling Brother's Circus Success did not and even the gentle little speculators were far distant from the adjoining sidewalks. Having thus been balked in our attempt to add a see and bit of sunshine to an otherwise...
Imagine the surprise and horror of the old Puritan who designed that law should he return today to find the sinful elegance of the University Theatre, settled securely within a stone's throw of the Yard. Ah, what evil times have befallen Ye Town of Cambridge...
...very serious accident that had befallen the young female reporter who had gathered the news. Going to the Associated Press office from her interview with Mrs. Rogers, the young lady had been bowled over by a taxicab; bruised, muddied, shaken up but not hurt...