Word: repeat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...aggressive, unfriendly power would constitute an intolerable threat to the national security of the United States . . . We've also learned that if the free nations do not stand together, they will fall one by one . . . We and the free nations of Europe are determined that history shall not repeat itself in that melancholy particular...
...next two weeks the sun stays out long enough to allow plenty of outdoor work the Crimson may very well repeat last season's success, despite the loss of its stars. "We've got plenty to mean about," Barnaby says, "but with a little good luck on the weather we, should have a good season. On paper we're weak, but we've such a spirited, hardworking squad that out of it something's bound to come...
...impresarios of the big eye will not repeat the error made at Mt. Wilson. When the 100-inch telescope was first used, it performed so well and the astronomers were so interested in what it showed that they would not let go of it. The final perfecting adjustments were not properly made for 15 years...
Despite the decisive whipping the varsity administered to Yale last weekend, they are by no means a shoo-in to repeat the process tonight. The three hour ride to New Haven, the factor of playing on a strange rink--one of the longest and thinnest in the region--before a partisan crowd, are but two forces which could operate against the Crimson...
...also, apparently, frozen up their playing, and Detroit critics were quick to notice it. Wrote the Detroit Times after a concert last week: "A morass of spotty mediocrity . . . the low point of the season." After the next night's repeat performance, Reichhold grabbed a real hot potato with both hands. He rushed backstage, delivered an ultimatum: "Either the orchestra does something immediately about the press, or 90 men will be out of a job. Dr. Krueger and I have fought bad publicity by ourselves long enough. Now it's up to you." He ordered them to protest...