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Word: dust (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Many a U.S. dancer stashes away part of her winter's earnings in her tights, to satisfy a summer ambition. She wants to get to Jacob's Pillow, the Tanglewood of the dance. Last week, while city studios gathered dust, the thrifty, as well as the talented who can get scholarships, were doing their pirouettes, entrechats and extensions in the spruce air of a 200-acre Berkshire farm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chipmunk at Jacob's Pillow | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

Joseph O'Connor, the janitor, also agreed that as long as work continued keeping the building free from dust was impossible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plaster Dust Drives Out 61 Tenants in Claverly | 7/22/1947 | See Source »

Describing the dust filled air as "stifling," Herman Page '50 said that it was impossible to keep the rooms clean. Covering everything is a layer of fine plaster, he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plaster Dust Drives Out 61 Tenants in Claverly | 7/22/1947 | See Source »

Acting after Student Council protests revealed dust filled corridors and rooms in Claverly Hall currently under alterations, Dean Bender announced last night that students there would be transferred to the Yard for the rest of the term...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plaster Dust Drives Out 61 Tenants in Claverly | 7/22/1947 | See Source »

...spite of the precautions of the workmen and the diligence of the maids the dust soops into the rooms and is tracked onto the rugs, Page said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plaster Dust Drives Out 61 Tenants in Claverly | 7/22/1947 | See Source »

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