Word: events
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was a great-event atmosphere around the neo-Gothic Palace of Westminster. Londoners and provincial visitors gathered with tense faces around Parliament Square. Britons, to whom queueing has become second nature, waited in a long line for the few public seats available in the House of Commons' gallery...
Although the meet will be on a strictly informal basis, the H. A. A. will award a silver medal to the winner in each event...
...Leopoldskron, an amazing castle whose life Salzburgians say only the arrival of the Seminar saved. Built in 1740 by Archbishop Firmian for his nephew, it became the property during the 'twenties of Germany's famous producer, Max Reinhardt. After the establishment of the Salzburg Festival as a yearly event, Leopoldskron became the center of planning for the festivals and, as Reinhardt's home, the cultural beacon of the city. Reinhardt fled to America before the Nazis, who used the castle for themselves, and with Reinhardt's subsequent death and the war's-end decay, Leopoldskron had lost its reason...
Last year, no observation of the event was made at the University. However, in 1945, classes were not held Wednesday or Thursday in accordance with a two-day holiday proclaimed by President Truman...
Richard M. Goodwin, assistant professor of Economics, said that relaxation of the curbs would accentuate inflation, although he added he couldn't say how much. Questioned as to the possible value of the relaxation of curbs in the event of a recession, he said that it probably would not help. "People are pessimistic in a recession, and thus they would not take advantage of installment opportunities," he continued...