Word: strides
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...servicemen, overjoyed to be home, took the snags and snarls in their stride. Said one airman: "I don't mind. I put up with worse things in Germany...
Harvard's Glee Club made its selections, for the most part, in the spirit of the Popes, with the accent on the popular, the spirited, and the original. It fortunately recognized that the "Thanksgiving Hymn" it used last year had no place in a champagne glass. Harvard hit its stride in the Pops manner with Gershwin, and in "The Golden Trumpeter" it substituted for "Hey. Mac, where are the glass flowers?" the more appropriate "Where's Scollay Square?" A good time was enjoyed by all, the lady at the next table would remark...
...were subject to being laid off as war contracts were cut back. These will bring the total unemployed auto workers in the Detroit area to 40,000. From now on, as more & more war jobs end, Detroit's unemployment will mount higher & higher -until automobile production hits its stride of 6 million cars a year. From the standpoint of employment, Detroit and the motor industry are staring reconversion in the face...
...superior CRIMSON aggregation overwhelmed an inferior Lampoon aggregation in Saturday's annual Crime-Lampy baseball game on Soldiers Field. Despite firm opposition by the 'Poonsters in the opening inning, the capable Plympton Street aggregation, its loins girded, soon hit its stride and overwhelmed the cock-eyed Bow Street aggregation by a score...
Last week, there was evidence that Wall Street's lusty bull market was ready to take the end of the German war in its stride. In six bustling days of trading, the market climbed. At week's end, the Dow-Jones industrial averages were up to 164.71, highest point since the end of the booming bull market...