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Word: asked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Recently, Karl Van Meter, development director of the National Association of Manufacturers, telephoned us to ask for 120 copies of TIME'S Oct. 18 cover story on Historian Douglas Southall Freeman. He was about to address the graduating class of the Dale Carnegie Institute to the effect that if you keep an account of all your time, you won't waste much of it. Biographer Freeman, he figured, as set forth in TIME'S story, was a classic example of this attitude, and passing out copies of the story would serve to illustrate the point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 22, 1948 | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

...home it must be different. Nelson's two cocker spaniels, Flash and Gooky, will block and tackle for dog biscuits. "And when you ask them what they do on Saturdays," Davey admits craftily, "They stand on their hind legs and pray...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Backfield Coach Nelson Was Here Before . . . With Harmon and West fall | 11/19/1948 | See Source »

...cards gave alumni a chance either to approve the plaque plan or ask for a balloting. Although the Alumni Committee last night would not announce the results, it was learned that a large number of alumni have asked for a vote...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Memorial Plaque Up for Final Vote | 11/19/1948 | See Source »

...Please ask them to leave us alone," one official pleaded late yesterday afternoon. He reminded applicants who missed out that WHRV will broadcast the entire performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H-Y Choruses Sell Out, Reject 1,200 Ticket Requests | 11/18/1948 | See Source »

...Freshman, newly arrived at Harvard, cannot be expected to know what problems he must ask his adviser about. Distribution rulings are for him so much fine type in the course catalogue; and the whole task of selecting a program presents him with what is generally an unfamiliar difficulty. Often such a simple problem as meeting the language requirement throws the Freshman for a loss; 72 upperclassmen were on language pro at the time this penalty was abolished two weeks ago, and at least some of this difficulty came from improper planning in the freshman year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Light On Advising | 11/18/1948 | See Source »

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