Word: recessed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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University Hall itself, recognized as the center of College administration, will undergo modernizing interior alterations and complete redecoration at a time not yet set, possibly over a long period or during College recess so as not to inconvenience all offices at once...
When he built his home, he made a specific request-that the architect install, in a hidden recess in the fireplace (visible by removing a brass plate and turning on a hidden light), the five-cent boy's top he played with as a schoolboy in Rhode Island...
Prime Minister Churchill's speech cleared the ground for Foreign Minister Eden's. Churchill's was a day-long speech, broken by a noon recess. The first part covered the war which Churchill said might not end until next year. The second part was devoted to foreign policy. It was less a typical Churchill speech than a series of important political statements addressed to a number of foreign powers and peoples...
...uproar swelled, the homeward-bound Congressmen wearily realized that the price for getting rid of Will Clayton had been too high. One of their first jobs after the election recess will probably be to patch up the bill...
When the court announced the two weeks' recess, one of Prosecutor Rogge's harassed staff cracked: "Will we have a vacation every summer...