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Word: better (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Council has recruited 350 volunteers in an attempt to better the college wide charity drive record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 350 Volunteers Will Work on Combined Charities Campaign | 12/3/1949 | See Source »

When asked about atomic energy, Mr. Arbuthnot, Frank Sullivan's cliche expert, said "humanity is at the crossroads." The AEC's next chairman had better be prepared to direct a lot of traffic...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 12/3/1949 | See Source »

Every metropolitan newspaper in both New York and Boston played the Bingham statement big, with the accent on Harvard giving up "big-time" football. It would be difficult to think up a better way to keep capable football players out of the Yard. The mere statement that Harvard will "give up the big-time" is enough to send most athletic-minded scholars to Princeton and Yale...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 12/3/1949 | See Source »

...article continues: "The Big Three' no longer exists, Bingham said, and the Ivy League is a better set up. 'We've got a good program and we're going to stick in our own class. Big Time football...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Bingham Sees New Football Fiscal Policies, Scheduling | 12/2/1949 | See Source »

With a ten-meet schedule ahead, Ulen thinks seven the most the varsity team can win. "Yale--out of this world; Army--2500 athletes, in early every night; Dartmouth--better than last year, had a fine freshman team:" Ulen mutters; "and Princeton has the second fastest breaststroke in the world (Brawner...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: Swimming Team Has Big Problems | 12/2/1949 | See Source »

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