Word: repeats
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wear & Tear. In Anderson, Ind., an Internal Revenue officer was asked by a taxpayer if he could repeat on this year's return his $1,200 annual "depreciation" figure on his wife...
...look back on the day he first arrived in this country for which he has done so much." Responded the soldier: "Two years ago when I landed on your soil I said to the people of the Philippines, whence I came: 'I shall return.' Tonight I repeat those words: 'I shall return.'. . . My thoughts go back to those men who went on their last crusade in the jungle thicknesses to the north where they made the fight that saved this continent...
...members of the staff for the student body. This time, the original "Slide Rule Symphony," which practically "tore down the house" when it was first presented last year and has never failed to leave its audience in other than an hysteric frame of mind, is expected to repeat its past performances. Dr. Chaffee will conduct in his usual "electronic" manner, and various staff members will reveal their aesthetic personalities in a blend of harmony which should be "one for the books...
...also seemed to affect the barometer according to a definite pattern. Pursuing these rhythms further, he learned that solar heat and weather alike had clearly marked cycles, ranging from eight months to 22¾ years, i.e., certain minor weather changes (after allowing for seasons and local conditions) tend to repeat themselves at eight-month intervals, and major changes in 22¾ years...
Explained a tardy young typist when called on the carpet in one of Oslo's vast Nazi bureaus: "I cannot do without coffee." Snapped her Hitler-worshipping boss: "Henceforth, come five minutes early, repeat until opening time 'I can do without coffee. Heil Hitler.'" Chanted the typist dutifully each morning: "I can do without Hitler. Heil coffee...