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Word: occasional (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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The five runs scored against Rudman, an unusually large total for such a paltry assemblage of hits, can be attributed to over anxiousness on the '45er's part. On more than one occasion, with two away, a situation which usually calls for less spot-pitching and more "fat" ones in...

Author: By Mitchell I. Goodman, | Title: Stahlmen Blast Hub Team 13-5; Rudman Wins on Hill | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

The hour was 10:30 p.m. The date was July 7. "Call in the Members," intoned Speaker James W. Glen. Division bells clanged through the marble-floored corridors of Canada's House of Parliament. Each M.P., conscious of an historic occasion concluding one of the bitterest debates in Canadian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: The Yeas Have It | 7/20/1942 | See Source »

Yet, despite the splendor of the occasion, there was one lack that any child could have noticed; the music was unmistakably bad. Even though the symphony had been begun last June when the Nazis started their drive and composed in odd moments snatched from volunteer fire-fighting in Leningrad during...

Author: By Robert W. Flint, | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 7/20/1942 | See Source »

Although the building may rock in its foundations as a historic precedent is shattered, the 30-odd editors will be on hand for the occasion to lend all possible assistance on stories and suggestions. All women members of the Summer School are eligible from 17 to 70.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VIRILE CRIMSON YIELDS AND OPENS COLUMNS TO OTHER SEX | 7/13/1942 | See Source »

Yet the excitement of the occasion did not blind Britain to the fact that the Prime Minister had flatly rejected the widespread demand that he separate the Defense Ministry from his office. "I am your servant," said he. "You have the right to dismiss me, if you please. What you...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Muddles & Mismanagements | 7/13/1942 | See Source »

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