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Word: cancel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Meanwhile, the Columbia Broadcasting System, which intended to send over a color telecast of the Yale game, said it had to cancel the color demonstration because new government orders have cut off materials necessary to color operation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Crimson TV-Casts Out | 10/24/1951 | See Source »

...world . . . have feared that the only two alternatives left to mankind are gradual submission to persistent Communist encroachment ... or atomic obliteration . . . We now have the third possibility of being able to bring to bear on the aggressor himself-at the place of his aggression ... a firepower that should cancel out any numerical advantage he might enjoy ... If we can prevent all-out war by means of our strategic capability, and stop these endless nibbling aggressions with our tactical capability, we will have done much to bring stability and a sense of security back to an uneasy world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Big Ones & Little Ones | 10/15/1951 | See Source »

...Columbia was forced to cancel last week's scheduled opener with Princeton, due to suspicions of polio, this will be the third consecutive opponent to start its season against the Crimson...

Author: By Hiller B. Zobel, | Title: Underdog Crimson Braves Lion's Den at Baker Field | 10/6/1951 | See Source »

Previously, only petty stealings such as ash trays, hoop races, and grass skirts have been reported. If the owl is not returned however, Wellesley threatens to hold no more mixers. It may even cancel teas. All it wants to know, obviously...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hooter Hovers Here, While Waban Worries | 10/2/1951 | See Source »

Ease & Squeeze. Last week OPS tried to ease the squeeze on meat handlers,, and, as usual, only succeeded in tightening it. OPS permitted a 1? a Ib. wholesale boost. At the news, livestock prices rose enough to cancel out the gain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONTROLS: Needed: A Free Market | 10/1/1951 | See Source »

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