Word: exits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...unintended catch in the net was visiting Scripps-Howard Correspondent William H. Newton, who wanted to take a plane out the day after the census. He needed an exit visa to leave Iraq...
...cannot get an exit visa because it is night and the Government offices are all closed," explained the American to an air line agent. "They will not be open tomorrow because of the census. And the plane leaves early the next morning." "This is true," said the agent. Then he smiled: "Ah, you must get the exit visa this morning." "How can I get the exit visa this morning when it is already tonight?" asked Newton...
Stunned more physically than mentally, their Eli victims, reportedly on a par only with Pennsylvania in the East, field out the opposing exit with slightly less animation than their stiffpointed and venerable mascot, Handsome...
...sign his name to no magazine or newspaper articles. When he got what he considered a bad decision from the umpire, he was not to object. When another player insulted him, he was to grin and bear it. He had to leave the ballpark after games by a secret exit. It was as important to avoid adulation as it was to avoid brickbats; there were to be no Jackie Robinson Days at Ebbets Field. He was not to accept any social invitations, from whites or blacks, and he was to stay away from night spots...
...ticket stubs out of a bowl, and Vag found himself sitting forward in his seat. But someone else won, and there was a short, disappointed burst of applause. The girl gave him an "I told you so" look, and stalked away, while Vag ambled with the crowd through the exit and toward the bridge. Raffles were pretty good, he said to himself after a little consideration. Even if you didn't win, there was the excitement. And that was one thing that Harvard lacked, excitement. In the summer it was perfectly natural, but in the fall something ought...