Word: events
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tale, as you might easily suppose, is the growth of America, particularly as viewed from a country in the midwest. The Civil War here marks the maturing of the man and of the country, and that is only the most generalized cross-reference between plot and history. Every major event in the hero's life occurs, symbolically enough, on a Great Day in American History--Johnny Shawnessy is married (to a girl from the South) on the day John Brown is hanged; his son is born on the first day of the War; his wife goes mad simultaneously with...
...shame spread through the world with the news of Gandhi's murder. The event brought the shock of recognition, rather than the shock of surprise. More forcibly than anyone in his age, Gandhi had asserted that love was the law; how else should he die but through hatred? He had feared machines in the hands of men not wise enough to use them, had warned against the glib, the new, the plausible; how else should he die, but by a pistol in the hands of a young intellectual...
With a possible three events in which to start none of this year's varsity swordsmen could boast Coach Perey's endorsement as best in his field. "They're all pretty well matched," said Perey, "but so far the saber seems to be the best event...
...course, possible that the Free Enterprise Society was ignorant of Hart's opinions before he opened his month at last night's event. He was suggested as a speaker to the Society by a Boston banker, who quoted a third party as to Hart's qualifications. "His only weakness," said this latter gentleman, "lies in being too zealous in behalf of this Council....which sometimes causes him to take a more extreme view than might be regarded wise." If this chain of events led the Society into an embarrassing situation, it is guilty of becoming naively associated with men whose...
...paper event, decided by combining the top individuals' scores in both the jumping and cross country, Halsey once more walked into an easy first, followed closely in fifth place by Taylor...