Word: falling
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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After the fall of France, when they realized that it would not be long until Hitler began to bomb Britain, the British began to bomb Germany seriously. The first bombing (as distinct from pamphlet) raid on Berlin occurred Aug. 25. Of the 23 bombing raids on Berlin up to this week, nine have taken place since Oct. 1, when lengthening nights made it easy to make the 1,100-odd-mile round-trip flight in darkness. Then R. A. F. raids on Berlin left the "manifestation" stage, began to work up toward the deadly thoroughness that long ago forced evacuation...
First to prescribe uniforms in a U. S. girls' school, Miss Ruutz-Rees introduced them, over her girls' objections, in 1897. Uniforms now are Rosemary blue (matching her eyes) tweed skirts and sweaters for fall and winter, gingham dresses for spring, blue capes for chapel, star-shaped berets. Once, at a tennis tournament at the Round Hill country club, Miss Ruutz-Rees shouted to a player across the green: "Crawford, have you got on your blue bloomers...
Rookie Martin's batting and running won him an outfielder's job and the Cardinals the National League pennant. That fall Pepper Martin won the World Series from the Athletics almost by himself. He made twelve hits, stole five bases, moved hard-bitten old John McGraw to exclaim: "The greatest World Series player I ever saw." Though Pepper Martin never again reached his 1931 World Series form, he became the most fabulous figure in baseball. They called him "The Wild Horse of the Osage." He was the loudest and toughest of the Cardinals' famed Gashouse Gang. Once...
Yale's Bird, who did not run cross country last year and turned in only a fair time of 10:36 in winning the Harvard-Yale Freshman two mile race last spring, has been the consistent star of the New Haven runners this fall...
...real assurance that persons will regain their jobs after a year of training is established. For only men whose jobs are not "temporary" fall under the provisions of the act. Who is to determine what jobs are temporary? Seasonal work which is the nature of many industries can certainly fit this category. The conscript must further show that he is still qualified to hold his former job. This has to be purely arbitrary with the employer. But even if these two qualifications are met, the job still depends on the circumstances of the employer being unchanged so that the reinstatement...