Word: occurs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...political border which separates us from the Free State is to disappear at the waving of some mysterious wand." commented the Belfast News Letter. "Mr. de Yalera expects a series of miracles to occur...
...various ways. Early in the fall the appearance of Mr. H. G. Wells was more a triumph for Leverett House than for the undergraduates themselves who could obtain no very adequate opinion of him in the brief minutes of personal conversation they were allowed. The House Dinners which occur about once a week in themselves contribute little to the members' enjoyment or instruction, although the speeches which follow have been generally good. In addition to this there have been informal talks in the common room by various professors after small dinners attended by the speakers and invited students. This...
...There is some danger of civilization breaking down, but I am too optimistic to believe disintegration will occur...
...only makes friends with Charmerace but falls in love with him. This causes Lionel Barrymore to grunt, rub his chin with one hand, make his eyes pop. It does not prevent Arsene Lupin from helping himself to bonds, jewels and expensive pictures. Presently Lupin's signed depredations occur at the suburban chateau of one Gourney-Martin, where Charmerace also happens to be staying. After this he steals the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, a misdemeanor which causes his identity to be revealed...
...Theatre Guild's fourteenth season is concerned with revolution in post-Revolutionary Ireland and with Life. A power plant is wrecked, an idealist is shot and therefore a man somehow becomes reconciled to his daughter. The connection between these dramatic entities lies solely in the fact that they occur on the same stage, and weary first-nighters could heartily concur in the German engineer's observation that "this isn't a country, it's a debating society." The uniform worn by a commandant of Free State constabulary is very impressive...