Word: begin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Jerusalem's cool, rose-tinted Y.M.C.A. building last week, the U.N.'s Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) gathered around a horseshoe table to begin its hearings. "Think it's worth listening to?" asked a prospective spectator of the guard at the door. "Well," said the British Tommy, "it might be good for laughs...
...great Joe DiMaggio did not begin to get his eye on the ball until late in May. That was all his Yankee teammates needed: after that, whenever Joe's big bat cooled off for a day, someone else took up the beat. Said happy Joe DiMaggio last week: "That's the way the old Yankees won pennants . . . when the top of the batting order got chilly, the bottom half...
...night's program will begin at 8 o'clock with a lecture by Lawrence H. Adler, of Indiana University, who will speak on "What Makes the Stars Shine?" Then, if the weather permits, guests will be able to look at the stars through telescopes...
...doctors for more than a century, and it continues to baffle them. The victim of writer's cramp is seized by a strange kind of palsy. He may be able to play the piano or balance a teacup, but as soon as he tries to write, his fingers begin to stutter. Some doctors think that the cramp is an occupational disease brought on by too much writing. They prescribe 1) a long rest from writing, or 2) a change of occupation...
...monthly revenue figures are showing a 50% gain over last year. To get his railroad back into the passenger business, Barriger bought 23 hospital cars from the Government and hired Manhattan Designer Raymond Loewy to turn them into streamlined coaches and diners. Soon diesel-powered passenger trains will begin regular runs on the Monon's two main lines, Chicago-Indianapolis and Chicago-Louisville...