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Word: droppings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...average out to be about an 85. Yet, this man is placed in Rank Group IV. Another student gets four B-minuses, which is about an 81, and he ends up in Group III, which gives him Dean's List privileges. For borderline scholarship holders, who generally must not drop below Group III to keep their scholarship, this inconsistency can have unhappy consequences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Rank System | 3/26/1949 | See Source »

...understood that a general practitioner does not necessarily mean a country doctor. The convention issue of General Practice News criticized the A.M.A.'s annual award for the outstanding general practitioner of the year. There have been two winners thus far, and both practiced in rural areas. Why not drop the award, the G.P. News suggested, or frankly give it to an outstanding "rural practitioner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The G.P.s | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

...months pregnant and the doctor says she must take things easy from here on out. That means the number of loose ends she picks up is considerably diminished ... If there is something you want in the paper, or if you know of some little tidbit that's newsy, drop us a line or call into the office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Loose End | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

Students will also be expected to pay a full year's rent for a room even if they drop out of College in October. Houses will have trouble filling vacated rooms, the masters say, and would therefore lose rent money...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Houses Will Take Only 40 Percent of Yardlings | 3/19/1949 | See Source »

...Deacons are not grinds by any means K. House carried off the full football championship and leads now in the competition for the Straus Trophy, Five men hold captainships on varsity teams, a drop of two since last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Rests Its Case On Achievements, Sports | 3/19/1949 | See Source »

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