Word: came
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Mason from Sir: President Truman, referring to the time when he became Grand Master of the Missouri Grand Lodge in 1940, says: "I considered it, and still consider it, the highest honor that ever came to me" [TIME...
...engagement announced, neighbors began to peer in the windows and crowd into the apartment. The Veep exuberantly kissed a matron or two, shook hands all around. Mrs. Hadley's younger daughter Jane came in shyly, and the Veep looped an arm around her waist happily. But he refused to pose with his arm around his lady. "No histrionics," said Barkley. "This is going to be strictly dignified...
...rest is silence. Many years later, after the little college had been established at Prince Town, a great man came through the flatlands. His name: Jonathan Edwards. His mission: to lead the students, widely known even then as Godless youths, out of the wilderness...
...current interclub chairman immediately announced his disappointment when the figures were tabulated, and he was joined in his lament by the Princetonian and officials of the University. The "Prince," in its next day's editorial, labeled the returns a "Club Flub," adding that it came as a real jolt to note that "13 percent of the first class to be admitted under the broadened regional admissions system should be refused or ignored membership in the clubs." At that time, one out of every five students belonged to no club, a figure obviously too high assuming the acceptance of the club...
Flexibility of use was obtained by adopting the modular system of construction. This in practice, came about by constructing the interior of the library in uniform units of space, 18-feet by 24-feet, and bounded at the four corners by supporting columns. These dimensions were chosen because of their suitability for the open stacks, and seminar, office and carrel arrangements...