Word: outer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Comets don't always oblige the comet fanciers. Last week a bright but furtive comet called 1947-N was already 100 million miles from the earth and rushing toward the dark outer fringe of the solar system at 35 miles a second. Only the southern hemisphere got a good look when it was near and bright...
Commuters from the outer areas chosen by lot will occupy some of the room vacancies, but Yard and outside dorm men now on the waiting lists will have first call on the House openings, with the commuters moving into the dormitory rooms...
Marie showed complete affability under the flashbulbs, draping herself modestly in a corner as shuttera clicked. Cheerfully removing her outer garments, she explained lightly, "It's all right. I got more on underneath." Careful investigation proved the truth of this statement, as the mover failing necklace and three bows were tracked down...
After Blue forward Jack Calkins had scored the normal aggressiveness of the Cantab rugby-footballers waned temporarily. A fleeting spark of the form they displayed against a smooth Princeton bunch returned five minutes later as outer Bill Dawson bounced a high pass to John Spivak, who headed it into the opposition ball basket...
...Kali. It closes in, says the book, when "society reaches a stage where property confers rank, wealth, becomes the only source of virtue, passion, the sole bond of union between husband and wife, falsehood the source of success in life, sex the only means of enjoyment, and when outer trappings are confused with inner religion...