Word: failed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hate the enemy to win the war? That debate was going on, hotly and heavily, in the New York Times. The affirmative had been opened by Rex Stout, bewhiskered detective story writer, chairman of the Writers' War Board, with an article called We Shall Hate, or We Shall Fail...
...chiefly Airedales, shepherds, collies and Dobermans. When a dog becomes thoroughly obedient and responds correctly to every command and signal, he is schooled in defense of his master and in attack. If they don't defend us, they are ruled out, and it is here that most dogs fail...
...approaching Navy-Marine volunteer standards. Registrants may express preference for any of the three services, are assured their choice will get "the fullest consideration practicable." Of those who pass, 20% will be sent to the seagoing outfits for training. The Army will get the rest. But the draftees who fail the test will not be sent home into Class 4-F. If they can meet the old physical standards they will be inducted, for service in the Army only...
...Juniors and Seniors who have not obtained their 1943 Albums must do so without fail today, the yearbook board announced last night in its final communique of the year. Since almost the entire board will leave College this week, all Album business must be cleared up today...
...Occupied France, has to his credit the staggering total of approximately 300 novels. Most of them reflect his nonchalant ability to record in short, spare sentences the everyday life of Frenchmen of every class and type. Built up out of thousands of small incidents, Simenon's novels never fail to show a "customary air of slow-motion absent-mindedness." But they were written-usually on his canal boat Ostrogoth)-at rates varying from four days to one month per novel. Says Simenon: "I get up at half-past five; go on deck; start typing at six, with either...