Word: portions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Intimates of Their Majesties last week received cards on which the King and Queen were seen standing in front of the bombed portion of Buckingham Palace. This type of greeting a good many Britons cheerfully called a "Blitzmas Card." Sold in the shops like hot cakes were many reading "Wishing You Anything But A Jerry Christmas!" Other humorists sent imitation ration cards, but most Britons sent the traditional type of Christmas card, as did Queen Mary, who chose again a rustic flower garden and quaint cottage. But this year Her Majesty's greeting read, "There'll always...
...undetermined number of bombers came over an unidentified portion of an unmentioned European country, on an unstated day ('recently' is the official word for it). There was no weather. Had there been, it would have been considered a military secret. The alert sounded at no particular hour because the enemy-one hesitates to label them with a proper name-are not supposed to know the right time...
Only the quick actions of a Sophomore walking through the Yard at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon prevented a fire from consuming a large portion of the wooden scaffolding of the new rare book library...
Their morale should be the concern of everyone interested in this country's today and in its tomorrow. A generation, or a portion of one, which feels that it has no stake in this society can hardly be counted upon to strive with eager energy for its preservation...
...lecture-going portion of the undergraduate body will have an unprecedented number of programs to chose from tonight, with eight different meetings planned in all parts of the college...