Word: oddness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years, wispy, stooped Billy "Smith" was just another of the wandering fruit tramps who drift through California's central valley, following the crop seasons. Three years ago, Billy settled down at Dingville, a little grocery-&-bar crossroads on Alfred ("Dutch") Montna's ranch outside Marysville. He did odd jobs around the ranch and store...
...After years of resistance, Miami Beach hotels finally gave the Gideons permission to put Bibles in their 23,000-odd rooms. The society prepared to haul 23 tons of Bibles from Philadelphia to Miami Beach in mid-April for the "World's Greatest Bible Dedication...
Thirty Broadcasts. When the big hour arrives, 30-odd Indiana radio stations will describe every play to stay-at-homes in every corner of Indiana. The only calm & collected people in the house will be college coaches from such faraway places as North Carolina State and Tulane, in town to size up prospects. Indiana is a prize marketplace for basketball players...
With a thousand-odd Freshmen to juggle into sections, the English Department cannot cater to every man's pet whim. Prior preparation of the Veteran's Book list further limits the possible materials and the section man, having already planned his course, cannot effectively arbitrate at the last minute. But neither can a student effectively work in a field foreign to his bent, to which he is arbitrarily assigned. His literary acquaintance may be broadened but not his interests; and with no participation in the selection, his education suffers...
Tomorrow is D-day for the thousand odd Yardlings hoping to enter Houses next year. The starting gun for the annual rush will be sounded by Dean Watson's office as House application blanks are mailed to all students still in dormitories...