Word: occur
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...grown rich in Oklahoma oil and which has decided to go to Paris to see the sights. The attraction is adapted from Homer Croy's novel They Had to See Paris. The few moments of talent in the entire production, aside from those supplied by Mr. Sale, occur when Lois Deppe and his Negro jubilee singers appear. Hello Paris cannot be favorably compared to another musicomedy based on the same idea called Fifty Million Frenchmen...
Cause of the explosion was undetermined last week. The mine interior previously had been thought to be so damp it could not contain gas, and open torches were permitted the miners. Authorities last week guessed the explosion occurred when a coal slide caused sparks, which ignited gas gathered in a pocket. Such explosions in coalmines occur instantaneously. Therefore, and because coalmines are not equipped with compressed-air systems as are metal mines, "stench" warnings as recommended last week by the U S. Bureau of Mines (see p. 62) are not practicable for coalmines...
...want to. Most students dare at all times, and sometimes they want to, for there are occasions when youthful energy and enthusiasm desire an outlet and find none, despite compulsory athletics, which is supposed to afford one and obviously doesn't. So disturbances of one kind or another occur, not in the spirit of vandalism but rather of over-enthusiasm and thoughtlessness...
...first conference ever held on the problems of adolescence, conducted at Cleveland last week by the Brush Foundation and Western Reserve University, served to show how little is known about the profound physical and mental changes which occur as children turn into adults...
...alternative is simple - either the end of all things or improvement. But since neither world economy nor humanity can die, improvement must occur. But let no one be too precipitate. The passage from the present state to one of compara tive prosperity is a cycle which will require at least three years...