Word: eves
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Easter Eve, Russians of all ages, types and uniforms milled about with the candles they would light at midnight. The greatest excitement centered around Epiphany Cathedral, where the Patriarch Alexei-assisted by his metropolitans and bishops-would officiate. Twelve thousand Muscovites churned and shouted gaily in the clear starry night outside. Inside the cathedral were 7,000 more, unlit candles in hand...
...reins and exchange concessions with the great creditor nation, the United States, devoted to a lively, but often capricious free-enterprise system. The first group of nations places a high level of employment and security from depression well before expansion or profits. As one London paper stated on the eve of the meetings, "These countries think that the first task is not to increase world trade but to make its flow more equitable...
Announcement of the gift came on the eve of the annual meeting of the Association of Public Health Schools, which will be attended by deans of these schools from all sections of the nation...
Speaking on the eve of his departure for Paris, where he will head the United States delegation to UNESCO, MacLeish won an ovation from an initially hostile audience as he emphasized that the primary strength of this country's position must always rest on the positive affirmation of the American democratic purpose and of American democratic ideals...
...with Harwood up around 13 feet 6 inches, Lawrence and Torrey pushing 13 feet, and Johnson capable of 11 feet. Pete Garland and Gene Harrigan will take care of the high-jumping chores. Both have done six feet. Dave Read, who has been hobbling around on crutches since the eve of the Yale meet, will be ready for action by April first and his return will case the responsibility of Harvey Thayer. Read will also help out Captain Wes Flint in the 110-yard high and 220-yard low hurdles, as will Pat McCormick, Interscholastic champion from Cleveland. Flint, third...