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Despite the fact that the manuscript has been catalogued for 22 years, Wendorf called yesterday a "momentus afternoon for American literature and American literary manuscipts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Houghton Librarian Clarifies Alcott Book Status | 5/2/1996 | See Source »

...surprise attack by Egypt and Syria and Isreal's resounding comeback. Time also devoted a number of cover stories to the search for peace in the Middle East, including Prime Minister Golda Meir's last-minute steps to avert full scale war in 1969 and the momentus summit between Isreal's Menachem Begin and Egypt's Anwar Sadat in 1977. Only 5 weeks ago a TIME cover story examined Isreal today and its economic and political future. This week Begin's "defensive" strike against Iraq is the subject of yet another cover story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Jun. 22, 1981 | 6/22/1981 | See Source »

...days millions of people will clink glasses and kiss each other at midnight to celebrate the advent of a new half century. Millions of others will sneer and say that they should have celebrated this momentus event a year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Midcentury -- Is It '50 or '51? | 12/8/1950 | See Source »

...Momentus Check...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Assistant Professor of Geology, Lett, To Experiment in 6000 Ft. Oil Well | 12/3/1937 | See Source »

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