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Word: arens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Economics still has the edge in classroom popularity. 2280 undergraduates fill classes on that subject, while Government, next-place contender in this division, draws a very close 2246. Things aren't quite so crowded in Bio-chemistry, where only 11 College students are enrolled, or in Indic Philology, which has one undergraduate signed for each of its three courses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gov Replaces Economics as Popular Field | 5/5/1948 | See Source »

...Pitchers aren't supposed to hit, but Bo Farmer stepped from the mound to the plate yesterday and slammed a long triple to help his Eliot House nine down Dunster, 9 to 7. Johnny Young shared the hurling chores with Farmer for the Elephants...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot, Adams Win In House League | 4/30/1948 | See Source »

...What will happen when the British aren't here to run in these convoys?" Gibbs asked one capable Jewish woman who helps to organize the food distribution. "We're very worried. I just don't know the answer," she admitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PALESTINE: War for the Jerusalem Road | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

Dickson, less rugged than most pitchers, relies on a rich assortment of what baseballers call "stuff." He throws six types of pitches (fast ball, curve, slider, knuckler, sinker and screw ball). Says he: "Sometimes early in a game, some of them aren't working so well. So I drop the bad ones and stick with the ones that will do me the most good." All of them were working against the Yankees that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Orange Curtain | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

...volunteer army set up standards of discipline unusual in Arab forces. One night last week a volunteer stepped into Freddie's bar (Freddie worked nine years in Detroit factories) to order a drink of arak, a fiery, licorice-flavored distillate of raisins. Two Arab MPs accosted him. "Aren't you ashamed?" they asked. "You who are about to die for the cause of Palestine, risking your immortal soul for a drink?" He left quietly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: I Have Returned | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

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