Word: events
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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However, he emphasized that rain would not postpone any of the regatta events. The only condition of weather which would postpone an event is extremely rough water he said...
...subtle poisons? In the case of a bomb exploding on the ground or sea, the answer is probably no. People in the bombed area might survive the blast in deep underground shelters, but the air sucked into the ventilating systems would surely bring in radioactive particles. And in any event they could not venture above ground for some time without tons of shielding...
Miss Holman will sing tunes from her new musical, currently playing at the Cambridge Summer Theater; and Professor Matthiessen will discuss the PAC's tentative plans for the fall elections. Members of the event's hostess corps yesterday extended invitations through the CRIMSON to all University men interested in meeting the guests...
...world was losing the peace. It was a triumph of intelligent, forceful U.S. diplomacy; yet it was certainly not what Americans had expected or wanted in the postwar world. The agreement to merge the U.S. and British zones of Germany overshadowed the Paris Conference and every other political event since the war's end. As its meaning began to sink in last week the West could take heart because it had called a brilliant Russian bluff; at the same time West and East could take solemn notice that the conflict between them had reached a point where they were...
...more in the sand to reproduce for cameras the suspense and release of that moment at Alamogordo when the Atomic Age cut loose its first appalling kick in history's womb. According to New York Timesman William L. Laurence, some witnesses at Alamogordo were moved by the actual event to perform a kind of primordial fire dance. But history-or rather the human ability to stare history straight in the eyes-is not yet tough enough to endure that sight. Instead of the dance, the movie shows Conant & Bush, still stretched on the ground, just solemnly shaking hands...