Word: possession
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was one ASOTS casualty last week, Lt. J. F. (Farmer) Shultz. Lt. Shultz, a married man, attempted to crash a Saturday night dance in Cambridge. Being denied entrance because of a failure to possess a ticket, Shultz said, "My face is my ticket." Said the doorman, "Okay, I'll punch it." (You can still see the remanants of th deep black discoloration around the left...
Government must dismiss rebelling civil servants individually or accede to T.U.C.'s demand. But Sir Walter bluntly warned the Government against dismissing them. Said he: "We are determined to use such power as we possess to see that no revengeful punishment . . . will be imposed by anyone without the power of this movement* being placed in protection of the individual civil servants...
Strike up the band, mates ... we have added to the roster, muster, or what have you ... one Guilfoyle, one Cahill, and one Clyde Fuller. 1-34 is proud to have you with us ... you possess the necessary requisite of a sense of humor without which one is person non grata ... (what the heck does that mean anyhow?) ... Combination question and suggestion ... isn't there something we could offer to do to help out over to Chelsea, such as reading aloud to some of the lads of a Sunday or something similar? After all they're Navy men and shipmates...
...Time' conclusion that 'high school students now possess an insufficient knowledge of United States history' may be correct, but the evidence which is submitted in support of this thesis suggests even more strongly that the Times itself is 'astonishingly misinformed' concerning the legitimate and scientifically valid use of questionnaires...
...titles he now holds, Tojo ("the Razor") could easily be mistaken for Tojo, the Dictator: he is Premier, War Minister, Home Minister, production chief. Tojo himself halfheartedly dispelled this interpretation when he explained: "I am not speaking of absolute dictatorship but I would like to make this clear: I possess power as Premier by order of the Emperor, and at present I am the leader of the nation. The responsibility is an important one in every way in the glorious light of the foundation of the empire." Another explanation: Tojo exercised his powers on behalf of the Japanese military, particularly...