Word: millenium
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...learned. Certainly, respected Southern governors such as Hodge of North Carolina and Collins of Florida have already seen the futility of all-out opposition and the necessity of submission. Viewed from this perspective, Little Rock may have served as to discourage false hopes of postponing integration to the millenium...
Once upon a time, after de third millenium since de foundin ob Heaven, de Lawd and all his advisory Boa'd of Seraphim sat 'roun in a big smoke-filled room which was kep' ventilated by some angels flapping deah wings. "Peter," said de Lawd, "You is de Chairman ob Admission and Angelships. What's dis ah hear about obercrowdin' ob de heavenly palaces...
Whamm! Bam! Wowee! And after it was all over, de Lawd say, "Much obliged to you, Peter and de Seraphim. I think we has saved Eternity fo at least another millenium. Dis meeting is adjourned...
...last reached its millenium. It has managed to concoct two hours of first-rate musical comedy entertainment merely by tossing together a standard love plot, a romantic background, and three or four song hits of 20 years ago. It has stood pat on the stock Hollywood formula; but by perfect taste in filling the mold with Gershwin, Paris, and a captivating French ingenue by the name of Leslie Caron, it has turned out one of the most enjoyable musicals in years...
...issue commemorates the first quarter millenium of Yale. According to the preface, the volume catches "the colorful essence of the past as it compares with the vital record of Yale today...