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Word: events (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...test was the Battle of Britain, and Britain's Fighter Command "had been training for this event for years."*Consequently, Author Michaelis modestly denies the contention that if Hitler had attacked directly after Dunkirk "he could have walked [into Britain] and helped himself." His vital air power, thinks Michaelis, would simply have been defeated "two months sooner." The German bombers, "with their oldfashioned, manhandled gun mountings, were insufficiently armed to protect themselves." Their escorting Messerschmitts, designed according to German fighter tradition for "a very fast dive, snap shoot, and away," were not built to "stay and fight a delaying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A History of the R.A.F. | 4/12/1943 | See Source »

...play with Miss Cornell is always an event; her present production is almost an incredibility in the theatrical talent which its dramatics personae represent. Judith Anderson, Ruth Gordon, Edmund Gwenn, Dennis King, Alexander Knowx, Gertrude Musgrove and, of course, Katherine Cornell lend an intoxicating amount of capability to a superbly written and directed play...

Author: By D. G. G., | Title: PLAYGOER | 4/12/1943 | See Source »

MacKinnon won both his specialties, the low and high hurdles, also taking a third in the 220-yard dash, while Holyoke finished second to Bob Schneider in the broad jump, the only event which the Mikkolamen swept...

Author: By Irvin M. Horewitz, | Title: Rhode Island Wallops Trackmen; Nine Nosed Out By BU in Opener | 4/12/1943 | See Source »

Well sir, the pun to end all puns has happened! The event took place at Cowie when a person whose uses, for reasons of security, cannot be disclosed said, "My brother's a mechanic because be helps his feed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Walking the Plank | 4/9/1943 | See Source »

...seven o'clock the wives will witness the remaining films of the "Prelude to War" plus a film on Navy aviation. At nine o'clock through the efforts of Lieutenant Turner, a program has been arranged for all. The Club cordially invites all to attend this gala event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wives of Officers Will Meet in Harvard Union | 4/9/1943 | See Source »

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