Word: almost
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...four parchments brought to America six months ago by the Assyrian Archbishop, the Lameck scroll is the only one of the group written in the almost forgotten language of Aramaic, the language spoken by Christ...
...Band was almost ruled out for the job because its 150 members would not leave enough room in the banquet hall for the N.A.M. Forty men had to be cut from the travelling squad to get it down to the right dimensions...
...decrease in total Harvard enrollment, however, is so great that even its graduate schools show a decline. 6,310 students were enrolled in Harvard graduate schools in 1948, while the present enrollment is 5,962. This almost doubles the 3,689 total...
This joke, which was originally made in the French Chamber of Deputies decades ago and which eventually found its way into the anecdote section of the "Readers Digest," is typical of those in the movie. Almost all of the laughs arrive by way of deep left field and are put across with the heavy hand of amateur gag men. This is unfortunate because four of the participants are capable of real humor. Besides the traditional Hepburn-Tracy team, the movie present Judy Holliday of "Born Yesterday" fame and Tom Ewell, who played Ensign Pulver in "Mr. Roberts...
...that "last year we talked the much about money and not enough about charity," the Drive's directors have reffused to set a specific goal, except to surpass last year's record of $23,000. They have asked for $10 per student, which would mean a maximum expectation of almost...