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Word: headful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...earnest hope of the Hynes' supporters that he will not be overwhelmed by the job of reconstructing the city's financial set-up. In the past, the hopelessly confused accounting has been the curse that Curley has placed on the head of his successors. The Boston voters elected the new mayor on the hope that he could untangle the Curley mess; with his experience as acting mayor and city clerk, Hynes has the background to satisfy this hope. But the job is ahead and the work, more than the wishes, of the Hynes supporters will be required to accomplish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Purple Shamrock Wilts | 11/10/1949 | See Source »

President, Philatelic Society; Dunster House Dance Committee, and head of Student Council Ticket Exchange...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '51 Picks From 24 for Class Committee Today | 11/9/1949 | See Source »

...victories brought Radcliffe sophomores the field hockey championship and a head start in the all-sports intramural race yesterday afternoon on the 'Cliffe Quad. After warning up against the freshmen in the first game of the double-header, the sophomore squad topped the juniors by the same score in the playoffs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe '52 Takes Hockey Title, 1-0 | 11/8/1949 | See Source »

Lamont Library fined $525 out of student wallets for the first month of college, but Head Librarian Phillip J. McNiff isn't interested in the money...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lamont Fines Exceed $500 for First Four Weeks in New System | 11/8/1949 | See Source »

Several years ago, Robert Pinkerton II,* head of the same Pinkerton National Detective Agency which plodded patiently (but unsuccessfully) along in Jesse James's dust for 16 years, decided that he had had enough. The bold bandit who stared grimly out of the agency's secret files was no kin to the song-and-celluloid desperado whom everybody knew. Pinkerton decided to open the files and let the world see what its hero looked like all dressed up in his police record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Killer from Missouri | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

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