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Word: affair (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...course, dress at Harvard is a fairly static, conformist affair. Zoot-suits, funnel shapes, and one-button California drapes were never in order: it's always been (or at least, for as long as we can recall) the three-button jacket with sparely padded shoulders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men's Fashions Veer Yet Closer to Edward VII; Distinctive Ectomorph Holds Style Spotlight As Male Goes Stringbean | 3/20/1953 | See Source »

...sporadic intra-mural games have hardly kept the R-Schoolers in top shape, and tonight's affair should get fairly frantic as action quickens...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman ., | Title: Law, Business School Fives Play All-Star Game Today | 3/17/1953 | See Source »

Entrance for males will be on a first come first served basis, with a 50 cent charge for admission. Only the first 350 freshmen will be admitted to comply with the Cambridge fire laws for this type of affair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '56 Women's Schools Mix at Union Tonight | 3/13/1953 | See Source »

Hollywood Tough Guy Edward G. Robinson is a dedicated amateur in the world of art, and filmdom's most ardent art collector. The passion for paintings, he says, is "a rewarding love affair, even if it takes over your house, your family, your income and your life." This week 40 of Robinson's prize oils take over part of Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art, and in May the collection will move on to the National Gallery in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: COLLECTOR'S REWARD | 3/9/1953 | See Source »

...tournament is a round-robin affair and will continue until Sunday afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ufford Picked to Win National Singles Title | 3/6/1953 | See Source »

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