Word: briefness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...arrives in Boston this evening, will visit the Medical School, and the Observatory, members of whose stuff helped to plan and construct the new Mexican national astrophysical observatory at Tonanzintia, on Wednesday afternoon, and then attend a reception at the Fogg Museum, where the Glee Club will present a brief concert...
...clear the way for a brief discussion of a few points below, it is necessary to make certain assumptions with which the reader may or may not agree, but which cannot for lack of space be argued here. These assumptions, which correspond with the writer's own convictions...
...look now mates, but that's land in sight there just off the starboard how... and before noon today the mooring lines will have been made fast, the gangway put down and the crew detached. there'll be a few brief days of shore leave and then ... like John Masefield, "We must down to the seas again...
...collided head-on with another driven by Leonora Gershwin, wife of Lyricist Ira Gershwin. Mrs. Gershwin and two women with her were hurt slightly. Scenarist Mankiewicz, unhurt, was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, was later released on $500 bond pending a hearing. As news the accident was worth brief mention at most...
...Proceedings got underway with a 155 quarter final bout between Howie Hopson of Leverett and Gus Summers of Winthrop with the Bunnio pugilist taking the decision. This fight was followed by seven semi-final matches and one quarter final. Then after a brief intermission the finals were...