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Word: obtainable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Conant maintains that in the two-year schools, many prospective college students could obtain a higher education without overcrowding existing institutions. "There would be no inconsistency with our educational ideal if local two-year colleges were to enroll as many as a half of the boys and girls who wished to engage in formal studies beyond the high school," Conant has written. Research Lacking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Says Two-Year Colleges Would Solve Expansion Problem | 3/29/1956 | See Source »

Since the team members have to finance their own transportation, not everyone on the team will make the trip. Coach Bill McCurdy, therefore, has termed it an informal spring training meet, with the purpose of bringing home seasoned runners, rather than team laurels. The latter would be hard to obtain anyway, for the varsity is faced by the best track stars of 40 other colleges...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 3/29/1956 | See Source »

LeLand believed that progress had been made by broaching the subject and finding out the primary objections. The Committee felt that it would be difficult to get a reversal this year, but constructive work could be done to help next year's freshman class obtain the extension...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Board Rejects '59 Parietals Extension | 3/28/1956 | See Source »

...rental facilities at airports, recently made the same deal with 17 major U.S. and Canadian railroads. The company has also made an agreement with the Diners' Club to charge car rentals. And to accommodate overseas travelers, Hertz last week set up an international division that will handle reservations, obtain international drivers' permits and border-crossing documents for customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Don't Buy--Rent | 3/26/1956 | See Source »

Combined Operations. In Bangkok, after diligent research, police finished compiling a definitive list of all bordellos in the city, announced that interested persons could obtain relevant information from any of the force's 55 open-all-the-time roadside police booths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 26, 1956 | 3/26/1956 | See Source »

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