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Word: departmental (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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The precious books, dating back as far as the tenth century, were bought by Dr. Chin from private collectors who, fleeing Japanese bombs, saved these as their most valuable possessions. Japanese restrictions preventing Chinese citizens from bringing goods out of the country made it impossible for Dr. Chin himself to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rare Chinese Volumes Purchased by University To Save Them From Danger of Japanese Attacks | 11/22/1938 | See Source »

Harvard's Yenching library, under the control of Dr. Chin, who has been its head since 1927, has grown from a single room in Widener Library containing only 4,000 volumes to a collection of 160,000 books covering the entire basement of Boylston. There the new additions, piled ceiling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rare Chinese Volumes Purchased by University To Save Them From Danger of Japanese Attacks | 11/22/1938 | See Source »

Spouting such claims in a rival blare of oratory is not the only string to the chains' bow. A. & P. pays an average of $30 a week to managers and clerks, compared to the Department of Labor's figure of $22 for all retail stores. In their Public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: Colorado No | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

Thereafter his career sounds like something by Evelyn Waugh, filled with wrecks, broken legs, poetry, rebellion, with great leaps from continent to continent, and terms at Harvard sandwiched between visits to New Zealand for skiing, to Rapallo, Italy to see Ezra Pound. Recovering after breaking his legs skiing down Mt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dithyrambic Sex | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

It so happens that accidents sometimes happen. One such accident was the failure of this department to state in Friday's review of "Amphitryon" that this picture is running at the Fine Arts. It was no accident, however, that this picture was very highly recommended.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

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