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Word: agee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cornell's line blocked decisively, Harvard blockers were like a bunch of old men stretching before open windows in the morning. But the Big Red defenders were not open windows and, being mostly sophomores, they did not respect age...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Varsity Reverses Form In Cornell Shellacking | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...land and sea forces that are capable of protecting us in this new atomic age...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: We Will Wage Peace | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

...does the string run out with this group. Harvey Love is working overtime these days with some 240 Freshman aspirants. In short, the way things look now, the golden age of Harvard rowing seems assured until at least the spring...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Crew Drills for Next Spring | 10/8/1948 | See Source »

...decayed South: Gowan Stevens, a gentleman of the old school, who learned to drink in a Virginia college but not to overcome his cowardice; Flem Snopes, who would not hesitate to stamp on every living creature to satisfy his greed; and the famous Popeye, a ghastly symbol of machine-age amorality, with the "vicious depthless quality of stamped tin." Against this background, the violent elements in Faulkner's novels-rape, castration, lynching, bestiality-are symbols of moral confusion and social decay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Way Out of the Swamp? | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

Speaking at Northeastern University's fiftieth anniversary celebration, President Conant hit upon the problems of choosing not from too few eligible draftees, but from too many. He pointed out that there are approximately 800,000 non-exempt 19 year olds, the largest eligible age group under the present act. "I am inclined to think we cannot choose among them with any degree of fairness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Criticizes Draft Bill--'Unfair' | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

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