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Word: buffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...propinquity and persistence eventually triumphed over zoology. Snow White and Ramona produced two litters of cubs, four of which lived. At first they were white like their father, later turned brown like their mother. As they grew into big bears, their color faded to a compromise buff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Bear Named Gene | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

...chief signs of spring are the plans. Spring brings plans for new courses, plans which are scrawled on buff study cards in February to mature in blue examination books in June. Spring brings plans for summer jobs, plans which are recorded in letters starting: "I am interested in obtaining . . ." Spring brings plans for commencement, plans which wind up in the neat hand-lettered Old English of a diploma, or the equally neat typescript of a letter from a dean. Spring brings plans for the drive to Wellesley along Route 16, plans which are never written down at all. Spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happy Birthday | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

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