Word: occasional
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Navy boats had jumped their opponents on the start in every race previously; but on this occasion Harvard, at 41 during the first minute, got off to a beautiful start and stuck right with the other two eights.
Surprisingly enough, the South was first in appointing a day for decorating the graves of soldiers who gave their lives in the Civil War. The Grand Army of the Republic, under its commander-in-chief, General John A. Logan, followed up the idea, and chose May 30, 1868 as the...
Shrewdest of all were the advertising directors of United Kingdom Tobacco Co., makers of "Grey's" cigarets, a somewhat swank but inexpensive brand. In 48 hours London newspapers appeared with quarter and half-page advertisements flaunting largely the company's new slogan: "The Fleet is All Lit Up...
Even without Commander Woodrooffe, the review that took place earlier that day was a naval occasion no Briton should forget. Between Portsmouth on the Hampshire shore and the green Isle of Wight lie the most famed yachting waters in the world. Here in a carefully marked out area of 24...
In Manhattan, Mary Jane Swank, 18, who performs with her twin sister Jean in a dance team, sued Harry Brown Cook III, 21, for divorce. She complained that since he moved in to live with the Swanks, "on more than one occasion Mr. Cook made a mistake as to the...