Word: due
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...little dancing. Indeed, the rigors of the presidential post have not touched him in the least and he stands ready to shoulder the heavy burdens of the Commonwealth reconstruction and rehabilitation program. The Philippine public agrees with me that Mr. Osmeña's perfect health is due to his methodical existence and his complete abstinence from forms of excesses...
When you hear such expressions as "So mote it be" (signifying approval); "Called from labor to refreshment": "Take due notice and govern yourselves accordingly"; and that gem that Blackstone loved and quoted in his Commentaries, "From a time whence the memory of man runneth not to the contrary"; you may well know that the persons who use them are members of "That Ancient and Honorable Institution of Freemasons that has outlived the fortunes of kings and the mutations of empires...
...their biggest strike to date, more than 600 Superforts took off in a single flight. Two announcements last week gave the Japs even more to worry about: 1) Lieut. General "Jimmy" Doolittle's Eighth Air Force B-29s were due on Okinawa in mid-August; 2) R.A.F. Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd had been in Guam, presumably intent on fulfilling Winston Churchill's promise to send British land-based planes into...
...ninth anniversary of Spain's Civil War, Franco announced to the National Council of the Spanish Falange (fascist) Party the first step in his plan to adjust Spanish policy to the world's new climate: Spain, as a Catholic State, would in due course return to its traditional monarchy. When the time came for the dynasty to replace the dictator, the Cortes would receive its instructions...
...slow start due to last week's intermittent rains, the Freshman and NROTC baseball leagues have racked up only one official contest apiece. Last Tuesday Company One's Gray shut out the Company Three nine 6 to 0 in a one sided five-inning battle, while on the previous Thursday in a Fresh inter-House contest Smith rolled over Standish 5 to 3 behind the able pitching of Hutchins. Freshman softball has been irregular due to a light turnout...