Word: fewness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lamont bookseekers are perpetually optimistic, but they usually find several obstacles in their way. One of these has already been largely removed-the practice of taking a book out overnight and keeping it for a few days. In an effort to keep books on the shelves, librarian McNiff is sending...
On the level of student irresponsibility is the popular practice of taking several books early in the morning when the student intends reading only a few at a time. Then the books are hidden in obscure places at closing time so that they become reserved for one person. The library...
But, whatever the cause, as long as there are so few copies of books that so many people want to read, the library will always have a tough time keeping these books available.
Soon President Truman was throwing bricks at his favorite targets-the 80th Congress, the "privileged few," the "vested interests." He recalled that Minnesota had been carved out of Thomas Jefferson's boldly expensive Louisiana Purchase, which he likened to his own plan of expansion: the Fair Deal. Cried Truman...
Listening Post. For a few minutes, standing with military erectness, he talked earnestly into the microphone to a small knot of farmers and townsmen: "I'm not satisfied with the farm price support bill ... I know you people don't want federal control of education and your Congressman...