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Word: adds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...twenties; the solution was easy: add more men to departments which attracted more students. But in the twenties the University was constantly expanding. The Houses were being built. Enrollment was going up. Wealthy graduates were endowing chairs and putting Harvard in their wills...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: Faculty Allocation System Ignores Popularity Trends, Favors Consistency, Long-Range Plan | 12/14/1949 | See Source »

...everything except Olivier's Orlando, the movie suffers in comparison to this performance. The songs, the incidental music, the short by-plots--like Touchstone's love-making--all add the necessary rustic flavor that make the play so English. The two shepherd boys who are so deeply in love are really giddy, and thereby funny in the play; in the movie, they merely filled in the loose strings at the end of the main plots. The movie missed, too, on the character of Jaques. The uncommon melancholy which Thesiger puts into his part set up perfectly the profound lines that...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 12/14/1949 | See Source »

...Manhattan Tax Lawyer Morton Baum, chairman of City Center's executive committee (and a director of the Metropolitan Opera as well), the enthusiasm seemed to justify a little spreading out. This season Balanchine was able to add to his repertory four ballets, including Firebird and a smashing new Bourèe Fantasque premièred later in the week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Wings for Firebird | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Shepard expects Gabler to add speed both offensively and defensively, and he is also banking on Gabler's competent ball-handling and accurate shooting. Gabler will be teamed with sophomores Gerry Murphy and Bill Hickey on the back line. Hickey set up many plays against Tufts; and played more than 30 minutes...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: Basketball Team Meets BU Tonight | 12/8/1949 | See Source »

...sums up my entire contention that a new coach is advisable, if not essential, for Harvard football success. In fairness to Percy Haughton's teams, they also played such strong elevens as Army, Navy, Cornell, Carlisle Indians, Brown and Dartmouth. I would like to add to my list of former Harvard players as possible coaches, Chief Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ex-Congressman Replies | 12/6/1949 | See Source »

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