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Word: closed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week of the year when the average citizen was really close to the Federal Government. He had to be. No matter how much he wriggled, the Internal Revenue Bureau would grab his wrist, yank him off balance, hiss for quiet, and take his jelly beans away from him. If he tried to hide them, he ran a good chance of having his marbles, jackknife, ocarina and super-magnifying atom ring confiscated, and his pants warmed with a shingle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Milking the Mice | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

Last night, still short five new members, we were forced to close up our pyramid, and accept a $2 loss per person...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Modern Pyramids Grow, Fade Fast | 3/19/1949 | See Source »

Even in the most careful circles mistakes do happen. However, a close survey of last week's affair will show it is a thing of wonder that there was nothing more exciting that 97 misplaced votes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Has a Recount | 3/19/1949 | See Source »

...reorganization does not mean these the University is abolishing its engineering curriculum. "The change was made," President Conant explained, "in recognition of the close relationship between engineering, and the sciences and mathematics from which it springs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Corporation Approves Merger of School of Engineering and GSAS | 3/18/1949 | See Source »

...matter of speed. Dartmouth skated faster, passed better, and shot harder. The varsity couldn't check back as fast as the Indians lines could attack, and four goals were scored by Dartmouth on clear unhampered shots from close up--on these shots, Crimson goalie Bill Yetman never had a chance...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Green Speed Whips Sextet, 7-2, at Arena | 3/15/1949 | See Source »

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