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Word: commonness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since 1947, U.S., British and Canadian technicians have been exploring ways & means of standardizing their nations' weapons and military training. A U.S. mission, dubbed "Nuts & Bolts," journeyed to Britain, made recommendations to British industry for common designs in key armaments (which were never fully achieved even in World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: For the Common Defense | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...Colts and the San Francisco 49ers, joined the new group; three more-the Buffalo Bills, the Los Angeles Dons and the Brooklyn-New York Yankees-will each merge with one or another of the 13 survivors. The players of the remaining team, the Chicago Hornets, will go into a common league pool. The new league will be divided into two divisions, National and American, and starting next year, division winners will meet in a world series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: It's Wonderful | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...common denominator is a simplicity forced by economy, since, as the FORUM points out, "the church of the future . . . will have to be regarded as expendable. New York is currently witnessing the impact of present-day economy on the traditional concept of the church: the dramatic demolition of the Collegiate Reformed Church of St. Nicholas, which Frank Lloyd Wright declared the finest in New York. Located on one of Fifth Avenue's costliest and most coveted corners [48th Street], it will make way for an office building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Billion-Dollar Question | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Dean Bender will discuss discrimination in student organizations at a public Student Council meeting at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Winthrop Junior Common Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Convenes On Bias in Clubs | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Howard Mumford Jones, professor of English, will read Dickens' "Christmas Carol" at tonight's "Christmas Send-Off Party" at the Union. Jones' reading, at 7 p.m. in the Upper Common Room, will be preceded by a plano recital by Paul Knudson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jones Reads Dickens To Freshmen Tonight | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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