Word: instead
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...theatres when they might normally choose to pass the evening in the relative comfort and sanctity of their rooms. It is a sadly warped social life that can include no private parties and that leaves a man idling away his after-theatre hour in a noisy cocktail lounge instead of in the easy talk and companionship that can come only with familiar, personalized surroundings...
...Aviation Electric. Major General Oliver P. Echols stated that he had made pointed "suggestions" to Meyers in 1940 that he "disassociate" himself from this company. Meyers, who protested that he had held its stock only as collateral for $34,000 worth of loans, admitted that he had not complied. Instead, he had lent the company another...
Most of the 2,000 delegates had longer memories than aging Phil Murray. They recalled that last year, when Walter Reuther could best have used a boost from Murray, he got a shove instead. What actually happened in the hectic U.A.W. presidential race of 1946 was that Murray had endorsed bumbling R. J. Thomas, stooge of the union's left-wingers. Reuther had won only by the narrowest of margins, and the left-wingers had captured all the union's other top jobs, plus control of the executive board. Phil Murray had gloated: "Reuther has been contained...
...helped usher in spring by attending a regatta at Tigre, where photogenic Evita shocked the decorous by appearing in white slacks and a new hairdo, with hair slicked back into a knot at the nape of the neck and parted on the left instead of in the middle...
...brighter side, Frank Miklos, the passer and signal caller of the Boston team, is slated to play for the Jayvees this week instead of acting as a reserve for the Varsity. His assignment with the Jayvees will mean an aerial threat against the Yalies who have not showed alright pass defense. Line backers Mel Freshman and Justin Walah have been promoted to the Varsity, however...