Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there was almost no line, and when Santa had taken care of three serious-faced youngsters. I asked him how he liked his job. "Why, it's the sweetest job I've ever had. Just sitting here all day. Sure, and it'd suit me foine if it lasted clear 'til June...
Last week, in shirtsleeves and summer dresses, some 5,000,000 Australians went to the polls (voting is compulsory; slackers can be fined up to $5). They gave the combined Liberal and Country parties a clear majority of at least 27 seats (by incomplete count) in the new House of Representatives. Labor seemed sure of at least 46 seats out of a total of 123. In the victorious coalition the Liberals represented the professional and business classes; the Country Party the farmers. In the past these groups had not always cooperated. But against socialism they had a common front...
...Challenge. Executive secretary of the conference, Dr. Siu C. Leung, longtime general secretary of China's Y.M.C.A., made it clear that Christians could not hope to put off decisions until things blow over. "The present regime has come to stay in China," he warned. "All Christians must . . . meet the challenge for a more vital faith. And we must preach the complete gospel...
...home.' " Stores should be painted up and lit up. A dingy little store, slipping into bankruptcy in a Chicago suburb, quadrupled its gross to $8,000 a week when it installed new lights and smart fixtures. Window displays should be cut down or eliminated; the windows should be clear so that the whole store is one big display case...
...team scores had been kept for the informal track meet in Briggs Cage Saturday, Jaakko Mikkola's varsity squad would have won a clear victory over Boston University and Northeastern...