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Word: backed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson's first string right half-back Tom Lawson will miss the Brown game because of a bruised leg suffered in last week's Princeton encounter. Doctors will not say whether he can play against Yale, but they feel it is probable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lawson Injured, Out of Brown Tilt | 11/13/1958 | See Source »

...sociologist observed that, at 40, many women college graduates lack a sense of purpose in life, "unless they have been doing something to keep the pot boiling," preparing them for their return to a job. "After their families have grown up," he said, "women should be able to go back to full careers, and by that I don't just mean running teashops...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Riesman to Preside at Conference For Review of Women's Education | 11/12/1958 | See Source »

...have to fight back...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: The Organization Man Goes To College | 11/12/1958 | See Source »

...There's one dean here that's had a lot of academic training, but not much business experience," another AMP complained. "He's used to handling men of stature in business like undergraduates. They fight back too. When you're in a group this size you have to fight to keep your identity. They're polite about it, but they fight back the same...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: The Organization Man Goes To College | 11/12/1958 | See Source »

...AMPs' educational back-grounds vary tremendously. About twenty-five or thirty in each class have had engineering training. Others have bachelor degrees and some business education. For a few, it has been a matter of high school and night school courses afterwards. "But it's hard to judge which ones haven't been to college," one AMP declared...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: The Organization Man Goes To College | 11/12/1958 | See Source »

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