Word: recurring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...earliest possible date, March 22, last occurred in 1818, also will not recur in this century...
None could deny that the best time to strike, if possible, was while Hitler's mightiest armies were still tangled with Russia in the east. It is an opportunity, said one correspondent, "that may not recur;" and if not acted upon, "would cause a reaction fatal to Anglo-Soviet relations. It would be vain to attempt to conceal that there is now a very considerable popular impatience-and public opinion has become a powerful force in the Soviet Union...
...only in the last 20 years have most scientists' eyes opened to the fact that these plagues are periodic, ebbing & flowing almost as regularly as the tides. Says Zoologist Elton: animal populations were formerly thought to be fairly stable, fluctuating only by chance. Now they are known to recur regularly, so that the biomass-"the living fabric of the world" -may be said to pulsate like the diastole and systole of a mighty heart...
...rodents increase, so do rodent epidemics. Nevertheless, epidemics are too erratic to explain the periodic ebb & flow of rodent population. Field mice flourish in dry weather, suffer in wet weather. But mouse cycles recur regardless of weather cycles...
...delightful blend of humor and fantasy. Musically his work is no less simple, being based on a halfdozen or so leading melodies. The music at times smacks strongly of Handel, especially in the spirited little military prelude with its trumpet flourishes, and in the long sensuous string melodies that recur so frequently. At other times it recalls the jazz idiom of composers like Kern and Gershwin. On occasion it is extremely lovely, but it is always ingratiating and vocal, and expertly matched to the text. The vocal line alternates roughly between recitative and air, but the alternation is unobtrusive...