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Word: neveral (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Great-grandson of the agency's famed founder, Allan Pinkerton. After detectives wounded his mother and killed his stepbrother, Jesse James stalked the senior Pinkerton for four months on the streets of Chicago, never brought himself to shoot...

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

Defensively, Harvard could never really stop Princeton, but Valpey's men slowed each of the first three touchdown drives long enough to use up a respectable amount of time. But when the defensive collapse came, it was sudden and spectacular...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Depth, Varied Attacks, Beat Crimson | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

Seiler's recommendations were never written down in a formal report but consisted of comments to vice-President Reynolds and Dining Hall Manager Heaman. Some of his minor suggestions, like toasters in Winthrop House, were adopted; proposals for more efficient steam tables were discarded as too costly. Seiler's general opinion, that the food would be greatly improved if the preparation was brought closer to the serving, was discarded as a good but impractical idea...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Action on Food | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

...authority, I think I would say that Raymond Massey is giving the performance of his career in the title role. However, I have not seen Mr. Massey as Abraham Lincoln--his most famous role--so can only say that his other stage and screen characterizations have never impressed me as much as this one does. Playing two acts as an insane person is a trying test for any actor, and Mr. Massey does a really credible job of it. Miss Christians, as the wife, is hard, unrelenting, cruel; she acts the part with great subtlety and restraint. The excellence...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

Evalina Sharp is keen on Harvard. "I want to go to Harvard just more than anything," claims the Wellesley graduate student. She is the first woman to apply to the Harvard Law School, a previously publicized applicant dropped in for an interview but never made formal application...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wellesley Girl First Law School Hopeful | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

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