Word: unforeseen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cannon & Good Sense. "His permanent achievements," Canon Smith writes, "were, for the most part, due to afterthoughts. He had a particular object and obtained it; the object had then to be justified by postulating a general principle, and, when the general principle was applied, unforeseen results ensued." In Henry's case, the results were serious and the rationalizing process monumental...
...Fearing unforeseen snags, the library authorities have sought the aid of a three man Student Council Advisory Committee to help handle complaints and questions. The committee will be headed by Herbert J. Spiro '50, with Frederic Houghteling '50 and Hale Knight '50 assisting...
...point a discussion "within the family," carried on by Christians and friends who recognized and treated one another always as such. Even the divergence in definition of "church" to which TIME calls attention was merely a recording of an old and familiar difference, far less significant than the wholly unforeseen measure of understanding and agreement, greater than in any comparable Christian assemblage ever held. My own impression is that this was the most newsworthy fact about Amsterdam-such differences and stresses as appeared were inconsequential in comparison with what had been expected, and were overshadowed by the truly remarkable sweep...
...Patients. Two events (unforeseen by Smollett) changed Bath. One was a series of German "Baedeker" air raids, aimed at Britain's historical landmarks, which damaged or destroyed 19,000 buildings in Bath, and made the town overcrowded again. The other was the advent of Britain's Labor government. Minister of Health Aneurin ("Nye") Bevan decided that suitable hospital cases could get free spa treatment under his National Health scheme. The Health Ministry found that it was not going to be easy to decide who was "suitable." A mere yen to go down to a spa like the rich...
King Paul I gave a gallant but somewhat naive interview to" a newsman from the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I don't think a [general] war will take place in the near future," said the king. "But in the unforeseen event of foreign aggression, Greece will defend herself to the last man independently of outside help, and if we have to fight alone we will...