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Word: passing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bernard Shaw finished editing and returned a collection of 100-odd Shaw sayings to Cyril Clemens, a temerarious admirer from Kirkwood, Mo. Shaw denied some of the items, okayed others, rewrote a few more. Two he marked "untrue, but good enough to pass." Approved as straight Shaw: "I have solved practically all the pressing questions of our time, but they keep on being propounded as insoluble, just as if I never existed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Just Deserts | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

Provost Buck set up the scholarship in response to the "fifty-fifty" proposition of the Council, under which the College pays tuition and the Council pays room, board, and living costs. Entering DP's will still have to pass regular admission exams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Provost Buck Sets Up Scholarships for DP's | 2/26/1949 | See Source »

...principal object of the trial was to disrupt the Catholic Church in Hungary and precisely for the purpose set forth in Sacred Scripture: 'I shall strike the shepherd and the sheep of the flock shall be dispersed' ... Now that things have come to such a pass that this most worthy prelate has been . . . condemned like a criminal ... we cannot but [make a] solemn protest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: When God Is in Exile | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

...dollar imperialism who fill those of us of the Hungarian People's Republic with disgust," Hungarian Radio Commentator Gyoergy Szepesi prattled into the microphone. The only ringside commentator at the world-champion table tennis tournament in Stockholm, ardent, 25-year-old Communist Szepesi was not going to pass up his chance to get in a plug for the new order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REFLECTIONS: Ping-Pong Imperialists | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

...Preston was top scorer for the Crimson and played his best game since the BU contest. In the second period, he beat Tiger goalie Bob O'Connor on a beautiful backhand shot. Earlier he had popped in another on a pass from Dave...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Hockey Team Trims Tigers 5-3, in Contest at Princeton | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

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