Word: untill
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Horyuji was the oldest wooden building still standing in the world. It had been used by the Buddhist church from the time of its construction until the fire last week. During the seventh and eighth centuries, it was the court monastery of Japan and benefited from the direct patronage of...
Stevens came to Harvard from Stanford in 1932 and received his Ph.D. a year later. He held various posts in the psychology department until in 1944 he became an associate professor of Psychology and was appointed Director of the Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, located in the basement of Memorial Hall.
Porter knew no real struggle until he was 45, and at the peak of success. Then he undertook a gallant and successful fight to walk again, after a Long Island horseback-riding accident left him with compound fractures of both legs. Winning this fight took 31 operations (mostly to clear...
Two on the Phone. Then he put in a long-distance call to Howard Hughes, who controls T.W.A., the third of the three U.S. flag lines flying the North Atlantic. Damon had been an admirer of Howard Hughes since he had produced Hell's Angels, but had not met...
Until a choice is made, Act of Violence is a fine movie chase. The ending, while unconventional, is dramatically and morally satisfying.