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Word: fs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...library had only $8,000 compared to the University of Virginia's $23,000. The association's summary of the music library: "Dictionaries-poor; History of Music-unsatisfactory; Theory-unsatisfactory; Musical Form-poor; Counterpoint-poor; Biographies-poor; Music Education-satisfactory; Magazines-professional (3), scholarly type (none) ..." Ds & Fs. Of all parts of the university, however, none got such a beating as the athletic program. To make sure that his plant would be the best, President Byrd, who rose to his job after 21 years as football coach, charged each student a $15 athletic fee, added $40 a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Touchdown Machine | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

...Star Is Born. Judy Garland makes a stunning comeback in a Technicolored musical version of 193 fs Academy Award winner; with James Mason, Jack Carson (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Dec. 20, 1954 | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

Midway through World War II, North Carolinians got some embarrassing news: nearly half the men called to the state draft boards for induction were being turned down as 4-Fs. It was the poorest record in the country. Aroused Tarheels organized a North Carolina Good Health Association, gave themselves a thorough examination and discovered they were in worse shape than they had imagined. Almost one-third of North Carolina's 100 counties were without hospitals, the state stood eighth highest in maternal death rate, tenth in infant mortality, third from the bottom in number of doctors per capita. North...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Tarheel Health | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

...space permitted I might mention mass arrests, crushing taxation, the omnipresent gun with red tassels, the three Fs: Fraud, Fear and Force. I can verify all of these facts because I was an eyewitness to the subjugation of a free people to virtual slavery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 9, 1953 | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

Egypt's government, which alternately stirs and quells fanatic nationalism, sent cops to restore order at the nightspots. Prince Fuad would need the lucky Fs of Fate and Fortune on his side if his country were to avoid a disastrous Foul-Up before he became...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Blessed Day | 1/28/1952 | See Source »

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