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Word: folds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wait-a-while school proposed to build up great forces of men, planes, land arms and ships, then launch drives to fold back the Japanese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts, STRATEGY: The War Will Not Wait | 3/16/1942 | See Source »

After a meeting of the P.B.H. Freshman Committee last night, Chairman Andrew H. Wright announced that for their annual investigation, the Yardlings had picked the two-fold topic of the orientation of next year's class in the Houses, and the general status of extra-curricular activities during...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN INVESTIGATE ORIENTATION OF '46 | 3/10/1942 | See Source »

...play is usually determined by the drama critics of the New York papers. There are a few exceptions, such as "Tobacco Road" and "Hellzapoppin," that succeed in spite of bad notices, but nine times out of ten if a critic says "No" you may be sure the play will fold shortly. The success of a motion picture depends very slightly on critical acclaim. Proper exploitation and the star system have been developed into a fine art in Hollywood. It is advertising that accounts for a picture's financial success. And to Hollywood, money is the gauge of success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FROM THE PIT | 3/10/1942 | See Source »

...trained specialists to reorganize the ruined oil and rubber industries of the Spice Islands. But even if this is true, it is being extremely unrealistic to sit back and say that all we have to do is establish a blockade of the South China Sea and Japan will automatically fold up in short order. Besides the fact that we do not know how long this "short order" will be, it is going to be extremely difficult, once Singapore is lost, to establish such a blockade...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: If Singapore Falls | 2/11/1942 | See Source »

Coach Stahl has not much basis for getting too optimistic about this year's squad even though he has a host of yeterans returning to the fold. The Sophomore Class, which has an average crop of ball players, unfortunately will not add very much to the general picture. Its only real stars are Warren Berg and Ned Fitzgibbons...

Author: By A.edward Rowse, | Title: Baseball Prospects Bright As Practice Starts Officially | 2/3/1942 | See Source »

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