Word: briefing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...power by their husbands' skill in electioneering, were either unfitted, disinclined or too poor for the expensive game. Young, dark-eyed Mrs. Grover Cleveland was the last White House mistress to exert social dominance (she frowned on the bustle and the bustle disappeared). The White House experienced a brief, last burst of gaiety when "Princess Alice" Roosevelt (now the widow of Speaker Nicholas Longworth) made her debut there and was serenaded wherever she went with Alice Blue Gown...
...normal gas. Its scattered molecules act more like satellites of the earth, moving on orbits in the earth's gravitational field. Some are shooting up, others curving back. Some may be moving around the earth like infinitesimal moons. A few may escape from the earth entirely. For brief minutes, the WAC Corporal joined this throng of molecular wanderers...
...first two years the Seminar has received plaudits from participants and observers. Joseph Charles, Cultural Relations Officer of the American Embassy at London sent an enthusiastic report to the State Department after a brief stay at the Seminar...
...last time, and read from the preface and conclusion to his auto-biography. Speaking as, "a citizen of the sunset age," he asked for a re-evaluation, through art, or our spiritual values. While the audience applauded, Sir Osbert brought his sister back on, and in a brief speech thanked them for their cordiality "on this, our last, public appearance in America...
...accident was caused by a flying squash ball which struck the basketball player squarely in the eye. Squash ball can travel as fast as 60 miles per hour. Murphy had decided to play a brief squash match before a late basketball practice session...