Word: week-long
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...contract was completed after week-long negotiations, complicated by the fact that two separate contracts had to be signed. The theatre building and equipment are owned by different corporations, and agreement had to be made with both...
...Brown, freshmen reacted to the traditional week-long hazing by the sophomore Vigilance Committee, rioted on the campus, serenaded neighboring Pembroke, and burned their "dinks...
...severe disciplinary cases. When he got his overseas orders, the book had still to be indexed. The publishers urged him to leave the job to a professional, but Spock is a fussy man, and he felt he knew best what mothers would be looking for. So on the hot, week-long troop-train ride from New York to San Francisco, while a beer party flowed at one end of his Pullman and a petty officer noisily snored in the seat opposite, Lieut. Commander Spock patiently indexed away, his lap lost under galley proofs and long sheets which slowly filled...
After being made a member of the Society of Sidewinders in Wickenburg, Ariz., Cinemactor Tyrone Power helped initiate a new group of greenhorns. The ritual: a week-long horseback ride in the desert followed by a snack of cocktails and rattlesnake meat...
...Meets Girl. What brings lovers in such droves to Bride & Groom is its promise to feather their nests. The newlyweds get a free, week-long honeymoon ("We pay for everything except liquor," says Nelson), the loan of a Pontiac, and a shower of presents ranging from vacuum cleaners and gas ranges to silverware and cigarette lighters. The ceremony itself is whipped through in something under four minutes. The rest of the 15-minute program is devoted to music by an organ, a harp and a sentimental baritone, a quick rehash of the boy-meets-girl details of the particular romance...