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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Even though the grocery business stands near its alltime high, sales-sharp Nathan Cummings, chairman of the giant Consolidated Grocers Corp., thought there was something wrong. He felt that neither he nor the grocers were selling enough food. To find out how to boost sales, the boss of the largest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SELLING: Meet the Boss | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Off Duty. In Columbia, S.C., a car driven by Boseman E. ("Joe") Collins, a professional housewrecker, veered off the road, clipped off the corner of a filling station, smashed the porch of one house, smashed to a stop against the porch of another.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 19, 1949 | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Howard Mumford Jones, professor of English, will read Dickens' "Christmas Carol" at tonight's "Christmas Send-Off Party" at the Union. Jones' reading, at 7 p.m. in the Upper Common Room, will be preceded by a plano recital by Paul Knudson '53.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jones Reads Dickens To Freshmen Tonight | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

The varsity rehashed its Navy game, allowing Georgetown to pile up a 31 to 18 lead by the half, and failing to make a second period drive pay off. The Hoyas put two tell men on John Rockwell and Ed Smith, who have been doing most of the scoring for...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: Hoyas Hand Quintet Second Defeat | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Veteran sprinter Harvey Thayer and sophomores Tom McGrath and Ron Berman took three out of four heats in the 600-yard dash. No final was run off.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Track Impressive in Practice Meet | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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