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Word: actualize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...described certain actual addresses at the sessions as "brilliant, objective, and peace seeking," and declared that "plenty of criticism has been levelled at totalitarian systems...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Shapley Claims Meeting Was Highly 'Effective' | 3/29/1949 | See Source »

...bestseller lists, said S.R.L., reporting bookstores are not weighted as to sales volume. "Thus, the Greenwood Book Shop in Wilmington speaks with the same power as Marshall Field in Chicago, largest book outlet in the Midwest . . ." It cited Harcourt, Brace & Co., which had checked the actual publishers' figures of other bestsellers against the sales this year of its The Seven Storey Mountain, which was in eleventh place in the Times nonfiction list. Said Harcourt a month ago, in an ad in the Times: Mountain is actually leading the list. If any publisher could show better sales on a "list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Battle of the Books | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

Rugger differs from American football in that the ball is constantly in motion unless a penalty is called and there are no regular plays. Because the action is fluid the coach can't influence actual playing, and the experienced player who can react to a certain situation in the right way will win the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rugger Team Prepares for Bermuda Trip | 3/25/1949 | See Source »

Callahan isn't quite sure just how the Crimson squad will emerge from this stiff competition. Poor weather has confined its practice to the Briggs Cage "dustbowl." Furthermore, he points out that "it's pretty hard to tell anything about the squad before it has played in actual competition." He does admit that the club will be out to avenge the terrible 31-0 beating they got from the Tigers last year and to win the traditional Yale game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rugger Team Prepares for Bermuda Trip | 3/25/1949 | See Source »

Aside from actual playing experience the squad will pick up during vacation. Callahan doesn't rate the Bermuda week very highly. His main interest is building up the Rugby Club to its prewar strength, when it won the Eastern Rugby Union trophy cup three years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rugger Team Prepares for Bermuda Trip | 3/25/1949 | See Source »

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