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Word: needful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Adventures in Manhattan. Somewhat to the surprise of his welcomers, he also proved to be a thoughtful, articulate spokesman for Iran's modernization plans and its need for economic and military help from the U.S. He took great pains to explain that he was not "an Oriental potentate, but a modern, liberal, constitutional monarch whose powers . . . are somewhat less than those [of] the King of Sweden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Coast to Coast on a Red Carpet | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

Webb could only counsel watchful waiting. Said he: "This the Republicans need to bear in mind. They are going to have thin pickings until the present principle of developing a social state has failed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Thin Pickings | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

Would you be for or against the alumni's trying to make Harvard more attractive by promising incoming football players more money than they need for board, room, and tuition? For 26% Against 71% No answer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Results of Football Poll | 12/3/1949 | See Source »

Would you be for or against the University's trying to make Harvard more attractive by promising incoming football players more money than they need for board, room, and tuition? For 12% Against 85% No answer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Results of Football Poll | 12/3/1949 | See Source »

...service's most significant work, according to its director Charles L. Grace, is "helping to keep the University's material in one piece." Grace reported that his staff frequently supplies outsiders with photostats of a few pages of rare books so the library need not send away whole volumes. In this way, Grace said, the University runs less a risk of losing its valuable possessions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Maintains Photostating Facilities in Basement of Widener | 12/3/1949 | See Source »

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