Word: somehow
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...attack on Pearl Harbor was not intended as a sneak attack; a formal declaration of war was somehow delayed through a diplomatic hitch. "It was a matter of great regret to the Japanese government [to learn] that the actual delivery of our note was delayed...
Strict Tradition. Christmas itself would be celebrated according to a strict tradition. As always, it would have its disappointments. In the backs of their minds, many men & women somehow expected to feel like the jolly characters in wintry Currier & Ives prints, and they never did. But there would be few who would not experience a warmth of heart, or a loneliness, or both, which were not a part of ordinary days...
Nicholas Konstantinovich Roerich, an egg-bald Russian with a twin-pronged beard, spent a lifetime seeking peace and, somehow, disturbing everything he touched. Devoted followers thought he was a genius who could unify humanity through art. Loudmouthed Westbrook Pegler thought he was a quack who wanted to become "head" of Siberia...
...first morning 275 came. By the end of last week, the church was packed every morning with as many as 350 men in overalls and business suits. "It's hard to explain," said Wayne Slankard, "but this Christmas in Neosho has more meaning somehow than any we can remember...
Family Theater has rarely had less than three big stars. Last week's Joyful Hour had 18. Actors, musicians, writers and technicians-Catholics, Protestants and Jews-have rushed to offer their services. And Father Peyton has somehow managed to scrounge the $2,000 a week for production costs (radio peanuts for a big star hit show...