Word: felted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Class numerals and felt letters were also awarded yesterday to members of last spring's intramural tennis and soft-ball squads...
Although it has wide support, the present method of election should be replaced. Back in 1787 the Constitution's framers set up an indirect method of election, because, among other reasons, they felt the people were "too little informed of the personal characters" of the nominees. This has all changed. In the last election every whistle stop and hill country hamlet saw or heard all about the major candidates...
...hospital by successive waves of French, German and British troops. Students made benches and desks out of crates and rubble, plugged up windows with rags. For the rest of the war, with hardly a textbook, little paper, and no typewriters, professors lectured and gave examinations just as before. "We felt that if we could hold out for two or three years," explained one professor, "the university would be saved...
...weeks ago the Zimmermans danced together for the first time. Doctors gave Helen more good news: it would be safe now for her to have children. She could also do the housework and walk up stairs. Last week she was so well that her husband felt it was all right to leave her for a few days and go on a hunting trip...
Last week, Elizabeth was wearing a saucy cone of green felt on her head to conceal the place that was shaved during the operation. She was well enough to board a plane for home. She was bright and cheerful; there were no signs of nervous symptoms. She would have a long rest; then, if the operation had been a complete success, a new future...