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Word: roughly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...heavy-bomber base in England, Chaplain Major Randolph L. Gregory, onetime Washington Baptist pastor, confirmed an oddly rough and reverent tale: One of the pilots at the station, a man of genuine piety and strict devotion to business, found his bomber butting into a buzz saw of Focke-Wulf 190s over Europe. Over the intercom to his gunners he started repeating the Lord's Prayer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: MEN AT WAR: Chaplain's Report | 4/3/1944 | See Source »

...Paris Soir a Madame Parisinot told how she had recently called on Dr. Petiot for treatment of a swollen wrist. Like the Bluebeard of the fairy tale (see cut), the Bluebeard of the rue Le Sueur had a magnetic eye. But otherwise, with his lime-stained hands and rough work clothes, he looked like a bricklayer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: In Rue Le Sueur | 3/27/1944 | See Source »

Initiated over a year ago, the Radio Rough House proved to be a huge success with both students and faculty alike. Besides the dancing and refreshments to add to the festive spirit of the occasion, each Radio Rough House has been highlighted by a show presented by the 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...

Author: By Yeoman RICHARD Brill, | Title: Naval Training School | 3/24/1944 | See Source »

...This Rough House show will be fashioned after an earlier success insofar as it will be presented as a radio program and will begin promptly at 2100. Dancing in Memorial Hall will begin at 1930, will be interrupted for the entertainment in Sanders Theatre at 2100 and will be resumed again immediately after the show until...

Author: By Yeoman RICHARD Brill, | Title: Naval Training School | 3/24/1944 | See Source »

Although sponsored by the Cruft Laboratory and Pre-Radar activity, the Radio Rough House parties are open to all persons bent on having a good time. Alumni of this activity who are now at M. I. T. are particularly invited to attend, and everyone is urged to bring as many guests as he wishes. No tickets are required, but a slight admission charge to defray the cost of expenses will be collected at the door. For a good time with all the trimmings, your best bet this weekend is the Radio Rough House Party at Memorial Hall...

Author: By Yeoman RICHARD Brill, | Title: Naval Training School | 3/24/1944 | See Source »

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