Word: expressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which has titillated and scandalized Britain for four years. The divorce will be the first in Britain's immediate royal family since Henry VIII dissolved his marriage to Anne of Cleves in 1540. Surprisingly, Margaret's divorce has been treated compassionately by the press. A Daily Express editorial, headlined COME LET US KISS AND PART, gave Snowdon high marks for "honorable and dignified conduct" and wished Margaret "every happiness for the future...
...administration will not express its views on the status of the proposed organization until it receives more details about the committee, Henry C. Moses, dean of freshmen, said yesterday. A source close to Moses, however, said yesterday, "I have a feeling when it comes around to being recognized, they'll come up against more of a fence than they think from...
...Film Studies, chaired by Stanley Cavell, Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value, meets with representatives from the Luce Foundation, as well as President Bok and Dean Rosovsky. No one had dared hope for much going in, but the Luce representatives and Bok and Rosovsky express their enthusiasm for the program and pledge future financial support to expand it. Petric, who has received several offers from other colleges, is offered a renewed professorship, which he immediately accepts...
...urgent appeal from the Daily Express, a trucking company, went out to thousands of transport firms around the U.S.: "On April 19 at approximately 5 p.m., our 42-ft. flatbed trailer was stolen from the lot of Continental Can Co., Bedford Heights, Ohio. Two International Harvester Payloaders were on the trailer...
...Doolittle, Powell quickly took the offensive. "President Carter wanted very much to be here tonight," he began. "After all, he seldom has the occasion to dine with an institution held in lower esteem than ..." He did not finish the sentence, but went on: "He, of course, wanted me to express his regrets...