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...postal economy dictum will make local carriers cover more area than usual, but only once a day. Also, rather than the present two trips scheule, collections from boxes in the Square area will stop about 6:30 p.m. instead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Square Mailmen Protest Cuts in Pickups, Delivery | 4/29/1950 | See Source »

Since hardly a point is played without a dispute over this dictum, the rules are in a continual state of flux...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Find Fradd Ball Foils Frustration | 3/28/1950 | See Source »

...Bradley said that "King Lear" was too huge for the stage. He would presumably have applied this dictum to the stage of the Brattle Theatre Company. Yet that group, with the invaluable assistance of William Devlin, has managed to confine this great play within the limits of its stage. It has achieved that rarely attempted, even more rarely successful, feat a good production of Lear...

Author: By John R. W. smail, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 2/24/1950 | See Source »

According to the Council dictum, the purpose of the survey is to gather information for published suggestions toward improving efficiency and facilities in the College's eight dining halls and four kitchens...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Committee Checks Kitchens | 11/30/1949 | See Source »

...dictum from Paris by Dressmaker Christian ("New Look") Dior that next spring's newest New Look will ignore bare bosoms and the plunging neckline led the Washington Daily News to headline: Jane Russell Is Declared Obsolete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Nov. 28, 1949 | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

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