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Word: formful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Teams from Smith, Wheaton, and Wollesley flounced around the water to the strains of "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Manhattan Serenade," and "Basin Street," this last with the assistance of feet-square boards, blue on one side and red on the other. The girls did not form any flower shapes or spell out a tribute to any organization. They just swam in rhythm. "Good for the nerves," a slight fellow next to me muttered lighting a cigarette...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Health Hucksters Ogle Aquacaders | 4/22/1949 | See Source »

...truthfully argue--as it does--that the CVA would be "state socialism." But the charge of "socialism" alone doesn't frighten so many people in 1949 as it did in 1933, when the first Valley project was getting under way. The question is whether the Northwest needs this form of government aid or not. And when the plush opponents of CVA claim that the Northwest is doing fine as it is, they are unfortunately in error...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More Power to the CVA | 4/21/1949 | See Source »

...first Phi Beta Kappa Society came into existence December 5, 1776 at William and Mary in Virginia. It introduced all the ritual and mysticism employed by contemporary fraternities--an oath of secrecy, a badge, mottoes in Greek and Latin, a code of laws, an elaborate form of initiation, a seal, and a special hand-clasp...

Author: By Rudolph Kass, | Title: PBK, College Honor Society, Was Social Club | 4/20/1949 | See Source »

This constitution is supposed to come from the German people themselves, according to an agreement made last June. 65 German politicians (representing the Social Democratic, Christian, Democratic and smaller parties) met at Bonn last September to draw up a satisfactory form of government. Their instructions were to make the future government relatively weak, leaving much of the power in the hands of the eleven separate states. Disagreement among the Allies themselves, however, affected the council's deliberations all along, and the Bonn group has presented no acceptable document to the Military Governors...

Author: By William M. Simmons, | Title: Brass Tacks | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

Streit, a journalist at Geneva in the days of the League of Nations, has long been crusading for a "more effective form" of international organization. His book, "Union Now," advocates a union of the democratic nations, with control over foreign policy, currency, international trade, and military matters delegated to a federal union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Streit Speaks Today About Atlantic Pact | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

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