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Word: censuses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Before we go any further," said the president, "I want to mention the Christmas Count. For the new fellows, the Christmas Count is a bird census taken all over the nation during Christmas week. All the H.O.C. members should try to go on one. We want to see who can get the most species--it's sort of a contest...

Author: By Avery Mann, | Title: Birders | 1/16/1957 | See Source »

...nicely constructed little tale about tattered Tweek, boy of the streets, who achieves SUCCESS by spitting his chwing gum in the path of rich J. Pomeroy's spinning Cadillac wheel. But let the reader find for himself why! Mr. Biddle's reflections, while gay in spirit, read like a census of Mount Auburn Cemetery, and seem grossly out of place. But at least they are interesting and even pleasant...

Author: By Gavin R. W.scott, | Title: The Harvard Lampoon | 12/21/1956 | See Source »

...every 100 females in the U.S. in 1900, there were 104.4 males, and the females pretty much had things that way for half a century. Then, in 1950, the U.S. Census disclosed that this state of affairs was changing: there were only 99.2 men for every 100 women. Last week the bureau, closing its books on its July 1, 1956 re-estimate of the population, proved that women's ascendancy was no idle boost. The new findings: for every 100 females there are 98.4 men, a further drop in the ratio, caused partly by the continuing trend of female...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENSUS: The Women | 11/26/1956 | See Source »

...Other census statistics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENSUS: The Women | 11/26/1956 | See Source »

...Uruguay counts its sheep more carefully than its people, has taken no census since 1908. Estimated population: 3,000,000, with overgrown Montevideo accounting for one-third of the total...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: URUGUAY: Problems in Paradise | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

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