Word: fall
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ideological conflict, manifest in divergent opinions concerning the proper attitude toward, Russia and in the debate between proponents of "planned prosperity" and advocates of "individual initiative," will be sharply outlined at Harvard this fall--especially during the appearance of Henry Wallace...
...Varsity lettermen may have to lead the cheers again if student interest continues to decline at the present rate." Spear warned, adding that "only six cheerleaders were needed for this fall...
...converts' persistence was rewarded in the fall of 1943, when the town was liberated by Palestinian units of the Eighth Army. The "Manduzians" received them with wild enthusiasm. Manduzio wrote in a letter: "Allied troops have arrived at San Nicandro. . . . When we noticed that vehicles had Hebrew signs we said to ourselves: these people are Jews, and we hoisted a flag with the same sign in front of my door. A truck stopped in front of my house and so did a whole convoy. They entered our home saluting with 'shalom...
Counter-Revolution. As with most revolutions, this one bred its own counterrevolution. Last week, in the perfumed air of a pale blue room on the third floor of Manhattan's Saks Fifth Avenue, one act of that counterrevolution was being staged. There Designer Sophie Gimbel was displaying her fall collection of 125 models. In the world of high fashion, it was a notable event...
Cats & Dogs. Margaret, who will be four this month, started taking lessons last fall and has already learned 18 pieces. Being a little girl, she never sits still very long, so her teacher gives her only 20-minute lessons. Margaret can now read music, but can only pick words like "cat" and "dog" out of her nursery books. (Still, she likes to make a try at reading newspaper headlines, and last week told her mother, "Here's Bilbo on the paper...