Word: task
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...turkeys will not be called on to handle the task alone; 2600 pounds of squash, 135 boxes of celery, and 13,724 apples and oranges will go into a dinner which only 25 per cent of the University residents are expected to enjoy...
...busiest group in New Haven tonight was the traffic police squad. Part of it was trying to unscramble the unbelievable jams which kept motorists hungry and thirsty. The rest of the traffic cops were going about the grim task of ticketing hundreds of out-of-state autos parked out of bounds...
...First task of the committee, which may take three to four years to complete its survey, will be to consider just what is the "whole man" and what kind of human being the Harvard education is intended to produce. Next, the investigators will attempt to find out what actually does happen to a man as a result of his total four year experience in the College...
...Soames and of Young in the part of Bossiney hurt this film before the first reel was shot. Flynn is not equipped to portray a stodgy, meticulous Englishman; and Young was hopelessly awkward as the eccentric, dynamic architect. Little wonder that Miss Garson couldn't warm up to her task opposite two such misfits. Only Pidgeon, who played Young Jolyon, carried out his assignment satisfactorily. But he appeared too seldom to redeem the incongruity of the other characters...
...Task Force. The ups & downs, through the years, of U.S. naval aviation, with a factual core of spectacular Navy combat films and fictional trimmings involving Gary Cooper (TIME...