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Word: obtaining (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...course, impossible to determine how many desirable graduate students are dissuaded from applying to Harvard because of the acute housing problem. Dean Elder points out, however, that it is common knowledge that housing is easier to obtain and less expensive in smaller college towns than in urban areas such as Cambridge...

Author: By George H. Watson, | Title: Program Will Collect Finances For Married Students' Housing | 6/10/1957 | See Source »

...expedition was sent up Aconcagua, the Hemisphere's highest (alt. 22,835 ft.) mountain, to topple a bust of the dictator. A team of clerks screened thousands of references to his name from the Buenos Aires telephone book-but recently discovered that the listing of the "Committee to Obtain the Nobel Prize for Perón" had somehow slipped through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: The Rocky Road Back | 6/3/1957 | See Source »

...plan itself is Harvard's nebulous answer to the problem of independent study. With the approval of his department and the Advanced Standing Office, a student can obtain a reduction of up to two courses in his program in order to do independent research or take increased tutorial...

Author: By Charles S. Maier, | Title: The Program of Advanced Standing | 5/15/1957 | See Source »

...order to qualify for advanced standing a student must generally obtain advanced placement in three subjects. At present, besides being able to skip PT, the advanced standing sophomore is released from GenEd Ahf, need take only one lower level general education course, and can satisfy his degree requirements in three years...

Author: By Charles S. Maier, | Title: The Program of Advanced Standing | 5/15/1957 | See Source »

...China, the United States cannot be free of the fear of surprise attack. Even though Secretary Dulles does not officially recognize the existence of Mao's government, he is certainly aware that the Chinese mainland constitutes an excellent location for missile and airbase sites. Even if Stassen could obtain open skies agreements from the Soviet Union and all its Eastern European satellites, his job would not be complete...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: China Sky | 5/8/1957 | See Source »

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