Word: extends
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...addition to faculty and facilities, the University sought to extend its emphasis on quality through special events and extracurricular activities. The best known of these is the annual Creative Arts Festival, which has included the world premiere of the English adaptation of the "Threepenny Opera" and a major are exhibit, "Young America--Artists Under Forty...
...vision, does not let the first sweet taste of defeat embitter him. He almost succeeded in pushing through a City Council confiscation order Tuesday which would have left the University a meek rubble of brick, mortar, and Ibi. He foresaw glistening acres of tarmac parking space which would extend as far as the eye could see, asserting yet another advance of Urban Renewal. To avenge his initial defeat, which came by an encouragingly scant one-vote margin, Al will again propose seizure of University property, this time "by eminent domain." It is gratifying to know that Cambridge citizens are aware...
...freshman lacrosse team will attempt to extend its winning streak to two straight against Williams at Williamstown tomorrow afternoon...
...pity that the nine U.S. Protestant churchmen visiting Russia [March 26] could not extend their route to the nightmarish arctic hell of Vorkuta, where so many of their colleagues are practicing high treason by holding secret religious services. Is this what Metropolitan Nikolai meant when he said, "We must now forgive and forget...
...wear as a subtle flattery to the Germans the Schnurrbart, made so popular by the Kaiser. Each and every night at bedtime, one soaked the mustache with a dressing (which hardened when dry), then applied the Schnurrbart binder made of netlike material, shaped to go under the nose and extend well toward the ears, held flat and tight by elastic bands behind the ears. After applying, each side was lifted in turn, and the wet mustache combed into the flat spread-eagle shape [see cut] which was the reward all next day for the rather tortuous all-night care...