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Word: lengthen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Faculty yesterday approved unanimously the program to cut ROTC class work to three years and lengthen the summer training to 12 weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Passes Three-Year R.O.T.C.; Longer Period of Summer Training | 5/5/1954 | See Source »

...with free space, electricity, and a new paint job by the Library Committee, the Graduate Council has been breaking just about even, serving eight pounds of coffee a week. Charles Stastney 3G, in charge of the lounge for the Council, hopes to keep the room open indefinitley and to lengthen its hours, which now run from...

Author: By John A. Pope, | Title: Coffee, Cookies, Conversation Flow at Widener Library's Newly-Opened Lounge | 5/6/1953 | See Source »

...that the market is an accurate barometer of business conditions. Last week Government bonds were also weak. Long-term (20year) issues sold below 95 for the first time since issuance, bringing their yield up to 2.8%. Reason for the drop: investors think that the Treasury, in its effort to lengthen debt maturities (TIME, Feb. 9), will boost rates on new long-term issues to 3% and more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Cut in Margins | 3/2/1953 | See Source »

...highest-priced mass-production car. It has a "wraparound" windshield that sweeps to the sides, wire wheels, and an Orion top that folds back under a steel cover. Cadillac's regular 1953 line has a wider, more massive hood and headlight visors that lengthen the fender line; prices are the same as in 1952 ($3,571 to $5,620). Optional: air conditioning, wire wheels or wire-wheel hubcaps, power steering, and an "autronic eye" control that dims headlights automatically when another car approaches, brightens them after it passes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: G.M.'s New Models | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

...should have little trouble in the sprints and hurdles, with men like Harrison Dillard (no-meter hurdles), Charles Moore (400-meter hurdles), Andy Stanfield (200 meters) and Mai Whitfield (800 meters). But as the races lengthen from 1,500 meters to the 26-mile marathon, the Swedes, Finns, Slavs and Britons take over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Strength of Ten | 7/21/1952 | See Source »

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