Word: joined
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...five days the debate raged. Governors and generals flew in from the hinterland to join in. On New Year's Eve, some 30 leaders gathered for an arm-waving, tear-shedding showdown in the Gimo's red brick residence. The fight-to-the-finish faction tried hard to delete words implying resignation from Chiang's New Year's message. They won out on two points: conditions for peace which the Communists could scarcely be expected to accept, and a delay in the Gimo's abdication...
Drumbeats. One of his first duties, however, was to join with the rest of Cairo in honoring his dead friend. The day after his appointment, he took his place in the mile-long procession behind Nokrashy's immediate family and the gun carriage that bore the flagdraped coffin. The coffin was preceded by a magnificent Arab stallion whose rider tolled the funeral step on two giant, richly brocaded drums. Behind came units of Egypt's armed forces, members of the diplomatic corps wearing bright tarbooshes and sashes, and notable sheiks in brocaded turbans and gowns glistening with gold...
...dangling the juicy bait of tax savings before other NBC stars, soon made off with Jack Benny. Bing Crosby, Edgar Bergen, Phil Harris, Fibber McGee & Molly, and Red Skelton were reported planning to join the exodus to CBS. This week the tax collector cut the gossip short. He had bad news for radio stars who would like to revise contracts...
Lyons will join Dean Bender and Crane Brinton, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History, in issuing another reply to the Tribune's first series over WHRV from 9 to 10 p.m. tonight...
...order to prevent their members' names becoming public, these groups by-passed Radcliffe's pay-day mechanism for collecting dues. At pay-day, anyone who wants to join a club signs up for that group with Student Government officials and pays the club's dues at that time. The two left-wing groups collected their dues at meetings instead...