Word: round
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After a night at the White House, the General began the long round of duties of a distinguished visitor. He went to Arlington National Cemetery, placed a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, received the 21-gun salute due a head of state (on his previous visit it had been 17 guns-for a general...
This year, with a neat banishment of old pencil-slim lines, they did it again. Skirts were longer; waists were laced in; sleeves were rounded at the shoulders. Some ensembles hugged, some billowed and sagged. Hats flared, swirled, ran or circled monotonously (counseled Harper's Bazaar: "Be round-headed...
...have pitching to match their hitting. Claude Passeau (won 14, lost 4) and Hank Wyse (18-8) are the two league-leading hurlers. Behind them is ex-Yankee Hank Borowy, whom the pennant-hungry Cub's management wangled out of the American League (TIME, Aug. 6) for a round $100,000 worth of players and/or cash...
...with the Boston Coast Guard Friday, which was cancelled after the sailors had been given special leaves, an inter-squad contest was held. The "A" team drubbed the "B" squad 10 to 1 behind the three hit pitching of Jack Wallace. "Lefty" Knowies gave up eight bingles including a round tripper by Mal Allen in the third inning with...
...Sympathetic." What started it all was a round-robin wire sent to 300 educators last January by the Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions, asking educators to speak out against restricting Jewish enrollment in schools. From Dartmouth's Hopkins came a surprising wire: "UNDERSTAND COMPLEXITY OF PROBLEM AND AM SYMPATHETIC WITH PURPOSES YOU HAVE IN MIND. CANNOT JOIN WITH YOU HOWEVER...