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Word: discoverable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Being, therefore, much puzzled by the constant repetition of this word, I have taken some pains to discover what the average Harvard man thinks a university is, and I find his idea of it to be pretty much as follows: Strictly voluntary attendance at all college exercises is the most...

Author: By Henry Wheeler, | Title: A True University | 2/21/1958 | See Source »

The object of Bicker, according to a booklet published by the clubs themselves ("Now That You Are Eligible"), is to discover "personableness in the individual" and "congeniality of the total section." It is a method for assuring each club that any student to whom it offers a bid is of...

Author: By John E. Mcnees, | Title: The Quest at Princeton For the Cocktail Soul | 2/21/1958 | See Source »

Blood on the Walls. Reading an astronomy pamphlet in the mid-1920s Von Braun saw a drawing of a rocket streaking through space to the moon. It illustrated an article about Pioneer Rocket Theorist Hermann Oberth, now 63 and a consultant to Von Braun's Huntsville team, which venerates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPACE: Reach for the Stars | 2/17/1958 | See Source »

Salesmen were also instructed to get the ignition key of the automobile the customer intended to trade in. Some timid customers were not able to get their cars back, were forced to go ahead with the deal. Others recovered their keys and cars only to discover that good tires and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Greatest | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

Two of the three occupants of the room, James Lawrence, III '58 and Daniel E. Singer '58, were asleep in the ad-joining room when the arrest was made. They awakened to discover four policemen in their living room talking to a man the police identified as a burglar. The...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Burglar Caught in Lowell House Rifling Room as Occupants Sleep | 1/20/1958 | See Source »

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