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Word: considerably (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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As if the undergraduate's existence were not sufficiently plagued with problems of maintaining equilibrium on ice-covered sidewalks and eluding skidding vehicles, he now must consider the possibility of awakening come morning to find his car missing from its customary illegal berth at the curb.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Overnight Curb-side Parkers to Be Victims of Cambridge Police Sweep | 12/9/1947 | See Source »

...explaining career opportunities in the Foreign Service, I presented a number of considerations which interested students should weight pro and con in deciding whether they are fitted for, and would enjoy, a life in the Foreign Service. They must consider whether by native intelligence, intellectual equipment, character, and personality qualifications they stand a good chance in the keenly competitive, nation-wide examinations... They should not entertain fanciful illusions about a life generally characterized by gaiety, excitement, and intrigue. These elements may develop in the life of a Foreign Service officer, but they are only occasional highlights in a career...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Foreign Career Clarified | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

The Department's scientists consider their results inconclusive, but definitely promising. They have a lot more chemicals to try, and they have already established that slight changes in a compound's molecular structure sometimes make it more poisonous to insects or less poisonous to higher animals. Eventually they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Dangerous Blood | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

"Inter-disciplinary" is the word which Clyde M. K. Kluckhohn, professor of Anthropology and director of the project, uses to describe the nature of the study. It means that the Research Center will undertake an organized and cohesive study of modern Russian institutions. The project will not consist of financial...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Departure | 12/6/1947 | See Source »

Before the Research Center can begin to consider delving behind the "iron curtain" in its search for material, it must determine exactly what sort of material it wishes to discover. This process will occupy the Center for the better part of the spring term, and will involve an analysis of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Departure | 12/6/1947 | See Source »

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