Word: events
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Altus (pop. 8,593), the seat of Jackson County, there were three days of festivities-a banquet, parades, fireworks. The big event was dedication of a new 100-ft. dam across the North Fork of the famed Red River...
...defense] pact is obviously useful both to the United States and to the South American nations. But it would make complications for Canada. This Dominion has its own defense understanding with the British Commonwealth and the United States. No treaties are needed to assure us that in the event of an attack upon our shores the British Dominions and the United States would spring to our assistance...
...speak, a short man in a white suit leaped to his feet and shouted: "Three cheers for the next President." The crowd cheered. Joe Martin blushed and his voice choked. His speech was barely coherent, but everybody heard him when he said at the end: "This will be an event that as long as time itself, I can never forget...
...Thus we may say that man, in stark opposition to the righteous will of God, may destroy his civilization and life. This may be exactly the opposite of God's intention-if anthropomorphic language is at all adequate here. But in that event, God's sovereignty will not be abrogated. For in those very events, man can turn to Him in repentance and faith, and forgiveness and salvation will be real. Faith will see God coming in judgment, and will discern within His wrath His love...
General Meeting. The big event of the school week is the Friday night meeting of the general assembly. Neill believes that it is impossible to be progressive unless the children govern themselves completely. The general meeting is presided over by a student chairman. Each child has a vote. The vote of a four-year-old counts just as much as Neill's or any other teacher's. All school problems are brought before the meeting and suitable punishments (for offenses such as excessive rowdyism or chronic stealing) are voted by a show of hands...