Word: semi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...which they were originally intended (entertainment of trainees), but in some areas are drawing larger civilian crowds than big-league clubs. When the Santa Ana flyers played the Hollywood Stars (Pacific Coast League) last month, Angelenos packed the stadium. Whenever Johnny Beazley's team plays a neighboring semi-pro outfit, the park is packed. Five thousand civilians purchased nearly $100,000 in war bonds to see a recent exhibition game between the Norfolk Naval Training Station and the Norfolk Naval Air Station...
Rome's semi-official Giornale d'ltalia summarized Hitler's much-touted European Charter...
...side Miranda Bros. Inc. found plenty of other things to sell. In 1926 they tied up with Major Alexander P. de Seversky, sold transport planes for him in Europe and Asia. They hawked Captain Melvin Maynard Johnson's famed semi-automatic rifle, finally landed him a big Dutch order. Through Seversky they hooked up in 1938 with Felix William Zelcer, a Polish-born ex-speakeasy operator with a yen for aviation...
...competition of the meet was highly complicated by a northwestern squall which capsized Dartmouth and Stevens Institute boats in the morning, but in the afternoon a semi-calm set in to make conditions passable...
Popping of bottles and clinking of glasses are music to many cars, but many like to combine these pleasant sounds with the sweet strains of a fine orchestra. Sunday night, May 23rd, is Officers' night at "Pops," a concert of popular and semi-classical music by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, led by Maestro Arthur Fielder. The whole gang will be there to sip, relax, and listen; so be sure to see Mrs. Duncan in Craft, Room 324, to reserve a table with your friends...