Word: acquaintance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hopkins spent six weeks in England, two-thirds of the time as Winston Churchill's guest. While he was planning aid-to-Britain in the quiet recesses of Chequers, Wendell Willkie arrived to acquaint himself (and the U.S. public) with the plight of the British. When Hopkins returned to the U.S., the Lend-Lease Act was ready for passage, and he was made administrator. The constant tone of his cables had been: Britain will hold...
...only remaining active drama organization in the College, the HDC hold open house tomorrow evening 13 Holyoke Street, so that all men, civilian and Navy, who are interested dramatics, may acquaint themselves with the members and the work...
...first regulation against the hazing of Freshmen was published. However, it did not forbid the Sophomores to acquaint the newcomers with "useful and innocent customs" of the student body...
...result, the subject cannot be resolved into an academic controversy. It is our objective, in this case, to attempt to acquaint our readers with the basic elements of pure Scuttlebutt and allow you to draw your own conclusions...
Marrow from Human Corpses. The serum is not new to the Russians. Famed Professor Elie Metchnikoff was working on a similar serum back in 1900. ACS was used experimentally on animals until about 1936. Then it was tried out on human patients. To acquaint U.S. doctors with this work, the latest issue of the American Review of Soviet Medicine carries three articles on ACS, including one by Professor Bogomoletz. Some highlights...