Word: happens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first I knew that things were beginning to happen was when the air-raid sirens blew before daylight Nov. 8. I got up, looked out of the window, and saw nothing but a clear, cloudless sky, with no sound of planes or antiaircraft. So I concluded that it was a false alarm, and went back to bed. I dozed off, but came to with the sound of troops running through the streets, so I tumbled out to have another look; and then realized for the first time that there was really something up. It was then light enough...
...said, "I happen to be over...
...while all this may happen, the "big fellows" may also destroy competition, as has been the case in many another industrial merger. Moreover, distilling hard liquor and producing wine have almost nothing in common; hence distillers have for the present nothing to add to vineyard technique. This is especially true in the case of high-grade wines, where small discriminating wineries such as California's Paul Masson Winery and Wente Bros, have labored hard to collect an educated clientele. Best hope is that despite the invasion of big-time money the small fellow will still compete in producing both...
...weighed down with medals and good luck charms (too often put in the same class). Department stores are advertising 'St. Christopher Good Luck Pieces.' And non-Catholics are being 'converted' to the phony brand of faith that says: 'Wear this medal and nothing can happen...
Congress, according to the best available evidence, is about to become a partner of Franklin Roosevelt in planning the postwar world. The importance of such a partnership can best be judged by what can happen in its absence: 1) no peace treaty negotiated by a U.S. President is worth the paper it is written on unless it is approved by two-thirds of the Senate; 2) no postwar plan can succeed unless the U.S. people and their representatives believe...