Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...same time, Workshop officials learned that unusually heavy demands for choral groups have made it impossible to obtain the services of Cambridge's major choruses, the Lowell Institute Singers, the College Glee Club, the Bach Cantata Society, and the Christ Church Chorus...
...stressed the fact that, while the PBH-sponsored service usually can obtain better seats than are available at the box office, his organization cannot be expected to procure tickets for performances that have alrealy been sold out. As an added service, a daily notice of soldout performances will be posted on the door to the PBH office...
Basing his remarks on ex-Secretary of War Stimson's recent article in Harper's Magazine, President Conant discussed the military requirements which forced the use of the bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. "Nothing would have been more damaging to our effort to obtain surrender than a warning or demonstration followed by a dud--and this was a real possibility. We had no bombs to waste," he said...
During the coming term, seniors and men who graduated this month will be able to interview representatives of various business firms, either to obtain information or employment. Anyone who registers with the Weld Hall Office for this service should prepare a summary of their educational and experience qualifications for their field, as well as military records and an outline of vocational plans...
...committee considered giving the Japanese a demonstration "in some uninhabited area" in the hopes of frightening them out of the war. The idea was rejected. The demonstration might be a dud. "Nothing would have been more damaging to our effort to obtain surrender." The scientists agreed: "We see no acceptable alternative to direct military...