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Word: nelsons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...style colonial imperialism is dead as an instrument of development. Capitalism must shoulder what President Harry Truman called a "bold new program." Specific examples of what capitalist enterprise can do were given by Nelson Rockefeller, president of the International Basic Economy Corp., a business with the avowed purpose of raising living standards through the use of American know-how in backward areas. The audience sat fascinated as he told how the corporation saved Brazil $100 million a year by spraying coffee plantations with an insecticide, killing an African pest called broca. With obvious pride in American resourcefulness, he gleefully described...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mid-century Appraisal: BACKWARD AREAS | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

...Nelson Rockefeller, Oswaldo Aranha, former president of the United Nations, and Richard M. Bissell, Jr. of the U. S. Economic Cooperation Administration were among the speakers in this group...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIT Installs Killian Today; Panels Discuss World Needs | 4/2/1949 | See Source »

Johnny Goldsmith (Lowell) and John White (Winthrop) are the guards, Ted Nelson (Winthrop) is the center, and Brad Ryan (Dudley) and Bob Crichton (Eliot) are the forwards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Wins Winter Sports, Still Trails Kirkland | 3/22/1949 | See Source »

Connaught "O'Connell, Phoebe Crampton, Janet Fernald, Carl Friedman, Faith Gowen, Ann Hunt, Jane Johnson, Janet Nelson, Felicia Reed, Betty Scott, and Ellen Simmons comprise the casts of the plays...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Freshmen Plan Big Weekend To Raise Funds for Adoption of DP | 3/17/1949 | See Source »

...Pete Bierre (Leverett), decisioned Bill Currier (Adams), 7 to 0. At 165, Pete McWilliams (Leverett) pinned Jack White (Adams) with a reverse nelson four seconds before the end of the first period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Puritans Clean Up in Mat Tourney | 3/17/1949 | See Source »

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