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Word: american (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wide & Woolly Sir: Last year you ran an item on the American Museum of Natural History's experiment in forecasting the severity of winter by noting the number of rings a caterpillar had. The Forecast was for a mild winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 7, 1949 | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

Despite all the no smoking signs around the College, over a $1,000,000 of the endowment is in voting stock of tobacco companies like Philip Morris, P. Lorillard (Old Gold), and American Tobacco (Lucky Strike...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dog Food Money Helps University | 11/5/1949 | See Source »

William Yandell Elliott, director of the Summer School, last night told the twenty-ninth annual meeting of the Association of Deans and Directors of Summer Sessions that there is a "difficult period ahead" in maintaining freedom in American education...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Summer Session Men Hear Elliott | 11/5/1949 | See Source »

...Denis has not been active for over a decade, and her Jordan Hall concert was something of an historical event. Her audience, made up for the most part of devotees and the curious, seemed pleased at the opportunity to witness a performance by this pioneer in the modern American dance...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE DANCE | 11/5/1949 | See Source »

...slight economic recession' that drags down one but not costs has thrown today's 1600 American colleges and universities into their worst financial plight in history. Not only do institutions of higher education have less money for their needs today, but they are finding it harder and barder to do anything about...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: U. S. Higher Education Faces Crisis | 11/5/1949 | See Source »

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