Word: blanking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Atlantic Coast from Maine to the tip of Florida, starting this week, will turn a blank, darkened face to the sea. The Army announced that shore lights, which have silhouetted many a ship for a submarine's kill, must be dimmed or blacked-out totally. The new Army order will hit amusement parks, boardwalk merchants, seasiders, but the real sufferers will be the real residents of coastal cities, who must grope in darkness for the duration...
Actual candidates should, if possible, have their papers, which are letters from three responsible citizens, birth certificates, parental permission, certificates, parental permission, certificate of membership in the College, and Air Force Application Blank (filled out). The certificate may be obtained from University 3, the blank from University...
...have not yet been assigned have been requested to come to the office of the Secretary for the Houses, 16 University Hall, tomorrow or later, to fill out a re-application blank. The Secretary will also be available to answer questions regarding the remaining vacancies and other pertinent data. In addition, the House Masters or their representatives will hold office hours this week to confer with those students who desire further information and advice...
...last desperate attempt to break through, the invaders threw into the melee their "panzer" division--a truck with the label "Tank" on its sides, but the nefarious machine was stopped in its tracks by a deadly burst of point-blank artillery fire...
...because of earlier irregularities, rough estimates of the election results showed an overwhelming victory for Castillo's Concordancia (Conservative coalition): 1,150,000 votes against the Radicals' 580,000, the Socialists' 180,000. These figures were somewhat fogged by fraud, abstentionism (illegal refusal to vote) and blank ballots, but one fact stood out sharp and paradoxical: the majority of voters' well-founded hatred of Castillo's reactionary internal regime had been overcome by their support of his xenophobic foreign policy. It was a peace plebiscite worth many paid advertisements...