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Word: adds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...much obliged to you for publishing my letter to Col. Wm. J. Bingham, and I have nothing to add or detract from it except to emphasize that there were 34 "H" men available from the 1948 team that defeated Yale and that our material this year was far better than the average. Our 1949 team outweighed every team it played against, including Army...

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

...Lady Astor, who recently criticized "this modern striptease age." Said Dorothy Lamour: "A pretty girl tastefully posed in a scanty costume is a thing of beauty. It is even a sort of cultural achievement. Why, I donated several of my sarongs to museums who said they wanted them to add to the cultural level of their community." Virginia Mayo agreed: "We admire beautiful sculpture or the sight of a splendid tree. I think a striking presentation of the body hurts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Dec. 5, 1949 | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

...public, and does not impress laymen. Different sets show the same scene in different colors. The colors are not at all faithful; they often change suddenly and erratically. Dr. Elmer W. Engstrom, research chief of RCA, admits that the system is still in the laboratory stage. But RCA-men add that the CBS color system has reached its limit: it has no "room for growth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Twinkle, Flash & Crawl | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

Although basketball is the major winter sport, there will also be Yard boxing, swimming, wrestling, and fencing tournaments in February and March. The winners will receive no medals, but they will add points to their dormitories all-year scores...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yard Intramural Basketball Teams Begin Practice Today | 11/22/1949 | See Source »

With peace, the Olins branched out into such products as rollerskates, flashlights and skeet traps. The newest product: a tiny battery not much bigger than a penny, for. miniature radios and hearing aids. Brother John figures that the new Cellophane plant will add some $15 million a year to Olin Industries' gross. Said he, with feeling: "We look forward with real enthusiasm to Cellophane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Wrapped in Cellophane | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

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