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Word: spans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weather is almost as hard on shows as cool reviews, and from now on one Broadway theater after another will be going dark. But these shows and standbys are almost sure to span the summer: Oklahoma!, Voice of the Turtle, Harvey, State of the Union, Born Yesterday, Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister, Finian's Rainbow, Brigadoon, All My Sons, Happy Birthday, John Loves Mary, Sweethearts, Burlesque-and Life with Father, which next week will beat Tobacco Road's record (3,182 performances)for the longest run in Broadway history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Trial by Fire | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

...enough for some Americans to understand some Chinese. The bridge between the U.S. and China must extend all the way from such a thoroughly American mind as George Marshall's to such a completely Chinese mind as Chen's. Admittedly, that is an enormous span; but nothing less will bear the weight of peace and progress for Asia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Chih-k'o on Roller Skates | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

Plans are proceeding well for Class Day exercises, which will last for a five-day span from June 1 to June 5, O'Donnell said. Actual Class Day will be held on Wednesday, June 4. Included in the program are the Triangle exercises, lunch at the Houses, parade to Soldiers Field for the Yale baseball game, buffet supper in Kirkland House, an orchestra and glee club concert, and dancing in the Houses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Interviews for Chief Places on '47 Album Will Be Held Tonight | 4/25/1947 | See Source »

Graduation will cover a five-day span of pomp and tradition for the first time since 1941, culminating on June 5 with the awarding of 2,317 degrees, David M. Little '18, Secretary to the University, announced yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Commencement to See Return of Prewar Pomp | 4/18/1947 | See Source »

Said the report: "There is good reason to believe that reproductive disturbances, malignancies of one form or another, shortened life span, altered genetic pattern, etc., will in time appear in greater or lesser degrees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Generations Yet Unborn | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

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