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Word: occasional (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Now, in order to keep up their morale and to keep in step, the men sing on any march long enough to permit the completion of a piece. A trip to the Union for dinner or a march to one of the labs can be the occasion for a rendition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SINGING AND MARCHING NEW COMBINATION FOR N.T.S. MEN | 3/19/1943 | See Source »

Dr. Shapley cited the observatory's participation in the Inter-American Astrophysical Congres in Mexico as the most interesting of the year's activities. On that occasion the new Astrophysical Observatory in the State of Puebla in Mexico was dedicated. Harvard had lent much of the equipment and Dr. George...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Astronomers Active in War, Reports Shapley | 3/17/1943 | See Source »

The occasion of Julius Klorfein's purchase was not unpremeditated. A perceptive young woman named Edna Skinner, actress, radio commentator, fashion model, now a member of the A.W.V.S., heard that Mr. Klorfein had bought $500,000 worth of war bonds recently during a trip to Florida. She thought it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: If I Was a Violinist . . . | 3/8/1943 | See Source »

Cockney. Nathaniel Gubbins says of himself: "I am an English Cockney." He got his first job in the Daily Express library, filing clippings. After World War I he was rehired as a reporter, but later was laid off. He tried short-story writing, then caught on as a reporter for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Nat Gubbins | 3/8/1943 | See Source »

On one occasion, she has had to combat the wiles of another type of women. This happened when a group of service, men on the way to a party given for them in one of Boston's dignified hotels were accosted. The embarrassed men thanked her for saving them from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mrs. Giard Guide to Social World of Business School | 3/8/1943 | See Source »

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