Word: packed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...envoys were preparing for departure, orders came from Moscow to pack full evening dress and decorations. That created a crisis: only the Communist Minister of the Interior Yrjö Leino had thought of taking frakkipuku (tails) on a mission that would probably mean Finland's doom. When the delegates finally climbed into a chocolate-brown sleeper at Helsinki station, a small man in the crowd cried: "It's just like 1939!" Part of the crowd started to sing the Finnish national anthem; Communists countered with the Internationale. But the patriots had the last word. With conviction, they sang...
...finals where he met Paschal Perri of Syracuse, who beat him four years ago when both were in high school. Perri turned the trick again via a 10 to 3 decision and then went on to win the individual championship. Somewhat hampered by an injured shoulder, Louria lost to Pack Howard of Yale, 6 to 2, to drop into fourth place...
Upwards of 300 athletes from Dartmouth, Navy, Penn, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, and the above three colleges pack the 13-event program...
...Elliott spoke Tuesday night on "The Polities of One World," and it seemed like a pretty good idea to go and hear him. Evidently the 200-odd people who sat for an hour and a half in the Littauer auditorium thought so too. They were as attentive as a pack of Freshmen sitting down for the first time in History...
...Clann workers scrawled "Is your trip really necessary?" on posters showing a De Valera rampant with the Fianna slogan, "We are ready to resume the advance." But with equal enthusiasm Laborite heelers amended MacBride posters proclaiming "A New Deal" with the words "Yes, but with the same old pack...