Word: possessiveness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...serialized in France-Dimanche, a sensational weekly. All week the presses roared, boosting the total printing of his book (a modest story about a group of adults who try to recapture the happy camaraderie of childhood on an estate in the Sologne region, and fail because they no longer possess the simple cruelty of children) from the original...
...reserve commission a man must either (1) he in one of the top three enlisted grades, (2) take correspondence work as a member of the enlisted reserve, (3) attend O.C.S. and return immediately to civilian life or (4) have served as an enlisted man during the War and possess a college degree...
...Open to single or married men, 20 to 26 1/2, who have served (1) in one of the top three enlisted grades; (2) as a warrant officer or Army officer; (3) as an aviation or navigator cadet until eliminated for physical reasons; or (4) as an enlisted man and possess a college degree. Men in categories (1), (2), and (3) must have two years college or be able to pass an equivalence examination...
...that would be somewhat paradoxical. Many members of the 1950 varsity squad are not skilled players: they do not possess football instinct or speed in a football age which puts a premium on speed and technical proficiency...
...throned sultan can possess...