Word: river
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...into the library, which now contains about 345,000 volumes. The University contracted for 40 per cent of the space, and has filled 95 per cent of its allotment. Construction of Lamont and Houghton eased the crowding in Widener considerably, but about 23,000 books were sent across the river last year ,many of them wartime European publications which could not be placed in regular circulation because they were unbound...
...other spring sports, only one--lacrosse--is totally dormant. Three or four varsity heavy crows are on the river daily, and the golf team has just held its fall tryouts at Dedham Golf Club. Even the baseball team is working out of season: a dozen men (notably outfielders) have organized informal practice...
After taking the Yard scene, the MGM cameramen will also shoot some sculls on the river today before moving on to Boston and Cape Cod where the rest of the action is laid. Life Magazine will also be on hand to watch MGM take its pictures of Harvard...
Before leaving, the garrison of 80,000 Nationalists blew up the Pearl River bridge, damaged the city's power plant, set fire to airfield installations. Then it broke into two fleeing parts. The bulk moved into the hinterland where the Reds had not yet penetrated. A smaller group headed toward the sea and ships that would carry them to Hainan and Formosa...
Only five of the 500 knew the answers to all twelve questions; every colonial official in the sampling flunked the test. One Frenchman thought that the Mississippi was the longest river in the French empire. Guesses on the empire's population ranged from 30 million to 300 million. A parliamentary undersecretary located the French Atlantic island of Marie Galante as "near Tahiti," which is in the Pacific...