Word: notes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...quit now," one newspaperman said with a note of desperation, "And now that we're in, we will fight to the bitter end--right down to the last test-tube in our possession...
...program is about as good as can be expected, with the first Boston performance of Prokofieff's new string quartet as the featured piece. An early Beethoven, the opus 18, No. 3, will open the afternoon, and a somewhat grim note will be struck by the Brahms A Minor quartet at the conclusion...
...must have been the fifth or sixth time. The instructor, unheard, went doggedly on. Vag grimaced and began watching the rest of the room from his back-row seat. He saw with satisfaction the guy directly in front of him--the one who always knew answers--pause in his note-taking to glance at the electric wall clock...
...desk, amidst the maze of blueprints and French curves, he was surprised to see a friendly, non-technical face--a small wooden frame enveloping rows of large beads. Taking note of his childlike delight at meeting an ally in the enemy camp, the receptionist explained, "They use it when the machine breaks down." And he wasn't afraid any more...
...shifted him to society a fortnight ago, set him up with an assistant and a telephone of his own. His assignment: to treat real society in cafe-society style. Lait's maiden column, sent to the Chief on approval, came back with minor blue-penciling and a marginal note: "Let's be amusing, but not vicious...