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Word: gymnasium (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Under a threatening midwest sky, he rode into Fulton, Mo. (pop. 8,300), in Westminster College's packed gymnasium delivered his speech and received his honorary LL.D. degree from President Franc L. McCluer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Shoot If You Must | 3/18/1946 | See Source »

...Anthony, in charge of the angel food cakes, scoffed: "Worried? Why, no. I've never had a failure, so why would I now, when it's for Mr. Churchill?" Grocer John Renner summed up Fulton's big day: "Hell, enough parsley to decorate the gymnasium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: What's Cooking? | 3/18/1946 | See Source »

Last week, in most U.S. colleges, spring terms had just begun. Pitt was so crowded that classes had to be held on a day & night shift. At Ohio State, wives of faculty members helped teach. Texas Christian University set up geology labs in a gymnasium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: S.R.O. | 3/18/1946 | See Source »

Enthusiastic patients, packing the small Chelsea gymnasium to the court's edge, saw baskets tallied by every known method as rapidly as the contestants could toss the ball. The sailors, who relied for their points mainly on accurate shooting from a distance, were led by rugged Dan Bricker, who was high scorer with 24 points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Tops Chelsea Five As Skaters Tie B.U., 4 to 4 | 3/1/1946 | See Source »

Last week they were at it again. They plastered the campus with yellow labels bearing the slogan "It's Up To You." Their goal: a new $500,000 gymnasium as a memorial to U.B.C.'s war dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: U.B.C.--Sis-Boom-Ah | 2/18/1946 | See Source »

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