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Word: haven (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...haven't cracked a book all year, don't cram for the final. So speaks Dr. Kenneth Christophe, director of the Boston University Health Service, who finds that cramming conditions are just no good for learning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exam-Crammers Are Losers, B.U. Health Director Advises | 6/3/1952 | See Source »

...daresay you haven't had much practice" said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes, I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE FAIR DEAL: The Great Potato Famine | 6/2/1952 | See Source »

...arrested included ten Harvard men and two Elis, and City Councillor Edward A. Sullivan commented, "They would be clubbed if they tried it in New Haven." When the Dean's Office had collected its wits and numerous Bursar's cards, it announced the dismissal of two6John Harvard's statue has replaced the Rebellion Tree as the rallying point of Yard disturbances. In the spring of 1950 distraught freshmen escaped from exam-period tension by pouring into Yard, dashing wildly back and forth to Radcliffe...

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: Grim Police, Gay Students Battling Since 163 | 5/31/1952 | See Source »

Within three days last week, both Boston and New Haven were treated to a revival of a U.S. college phenomenon which used to occur with seasonal regularity back before World War II cast a sobering influence upon campus life: the spring riot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Girls! Girls! Girls! | 5/26/1952 | See Source »

Barnaby really got his players up last week for the big one at New Haven; in fact, they got so high that they never stopped counting victories in the 15-match contest until they hit 14. But after reaching its peak for that triumph, the team's spirit dropped off a little, and even the favored doubles team got whipped in the New England Intercollegiates on Saturday. Barnaby's job now is to perk his players up again for Dartmouth without letting them get too overconfident...

Author: By Jere Broh-kahn, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 5/22/1952 | See Source »

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