Word: formalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Finnish charge d'affaires in the U.S., Alexander Thesleff, walked into the State Department at 11 a.m. one morning last week. Eleven minutes later Mr. Thesleff emerged, bearing a formal note, signed by Cordell Hull, ending diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Finland. Thus, in a manner as routine as dismissing an office boy, the U.S. ceased to have diplomatic relations with the ninth nation since World War II began,*and with a nation which for two decades had been a favorite of the U.S. public...
...students had been debating during their four years in college. They were, in effect, challenges to the audience. Any graduate present could leap to his feet and challenge a thesis, and some member of the Senior Class had to take him on. Cortain theges were marked for a formal debate according to the recognized rules of logle, and until the classes got to be more than 25 in number, every member was assured of some part in the programme...
...Likes Beans. The Benny Goodman of the Spanish guitar is unquestionably Sabicas. Like most authentic popular musicians, 27-year-old Sabicas never had any formal training, never learned to read a note of music. Blind beggars on the streets of his native Pamplona, Spain, taught him flamenco...
...duration of the war. The Reverend Henry B. Washburn, D.D., Dean Emeritus of the Episcopal Theological School and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Preachers, will recognize the presence of college seniors in the conduct of the service on Sunday, June 25, although he will not present a formal baccalaureate sermon. Special pews in the Memorial Church will be reserved for the seniors who are graduating and for their families and friends...
...dance, designed to bring officers and midshipmen together in an event of their own, will be formal. Uniforms will be whites for all officers, and the authorized dress uniform, dress blues "D," with how tie, for the midshipmen...