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Word: myriad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Need for Coordinationlong run. The House Dean system would relieve him of the myriad personal problems that fill his days...

Author: By Robert E. Herzstein, | Title: Survey Stresses Student-Faculty Contact | 12/1/1950 | See Source »

...spotted everywhere. They will need an ocean of blood, plasma and plasma substitutes for transfusions. They will need a mountain of bandages to dress burns and other injuries. Buildings such as schools should be set aside as emergency hospitals. There must be plans for evacuating, sheltering and feeding the myriad homeless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ATOMIC ABCs | 8/21/1950 | See Source »

Bookmaking is a profitable occupation. It is estimated that $1,000 at the very least, is handled daily in the Square in bets on numbers and horse races. In addition to the myriad part-time agents who accept bets as a sideline to regular employment, the profession supports at least three full-time operators who are often under close police surveillance. Because they write no chits, police can seldom bring charges against them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Open Drive On Local Bookies | 5/3/1950 | See Source »

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