Word: turning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...They turn up on the Sahara, where all good Legionnaires belong, get lost in that old sandstorm you remember from several other pictures, and wind up in mysterious Atlantis, Maria Montez rules this land with an iron bosom. She kills people right and left and has their bodies encased in metal for an interesting trophy room. Although she ensnares Jean Pierre Aumont, he manages to escape, and then tries to return for no better reason than to follow the "Lost Horizon" plot...
...knowledge that some girls, realizing that they will not be checked at the door, walk off with books and return them at their leisure. In many cases where the number of available books is limited, a small number of girls can prevent a large number from studying. This, in turn, leads many upholders of the system to cheat on it merely to keep themselves from being cheated...
Unlike Harvard, which sets up full registration machinery twice a year, Radcliffe omits any formality at the beginning of spring term except one demand--that students turn in spring term study cards by February...
Untold News. When last week's meeting broke up, staffers went through the motions of getting out two more editions. In the composing room, printers set up a front-page box bearing a curt farewell. As had happened too often, readers had to turn to other papers to get the complete news; the Star did not even carry an obit on its own death...
...finishing a $50 million postwar expansion program, Cat is going to turn out the new diesel and step up production of diesel-powered Caterpillars to grade roads, dig foundations, clear jungles and move mountains all over the world. With its new production Cat hopes to boost its sales, already the highest in its history. Last year, on a gross of $218 million, Cat reported a net profit of $13.7 million, nearly 40% over...