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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Shotover's son-in-law Hector is another of Shaw's Chinese-puzzle characters, whose identity opens up like a box to reveal a new one underneath, leaving him a paradox that is never resolved. One of his personae is that of the romantic hero, with a moustache "like a...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Heartbreak House | 10/1/1959 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30--Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev was told at Camp David that if the U.S.S.R. is reasonable about paying off its multimillion-dollar lend-lease debt it may pave the way for easing U.S. trade restrictions against the Soviet Union.

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Khrushchev Warns Communists To Resolve Questions Peacefully; Eisenhower Renews Steel Talks | 10/1/1959 | See Source »

The University of Massachusetts--UMass--had long since thrown off the the "agricultural school" odium before Mather moved into the presidency in 1954. But primarily through Mather's efforts the Amherst school is raising itself from the lower ranks of educational society into the upper reaches--despite the interference of...

Author: By Claude E. Welch, | Title: Academic Freedom and the State: The Overriding Problem of UMass | 9/30/1959 | See Source »

Adequate salary scales for faculty members ostensibly touched off the entire controversy. Able educators quickly turned away when they heard the UMass emoluments; full professors started at $6,812 per year, and could earn a legal maximum of $8,684, slightly less than half the comparable salaries at Harvard. But...

Author: By Claude E. Welch, | Title: Academic Freedom and the State: The Overriding Problem of UMass | 9/30/1959 | See Source »

The Crimson's fate, coach Bruce Munro said yesterday, hangs largely upon the whims of Gracie. If the expected storms hold off, the small varsity line should be able to work its precision attack to perfection--early-season perfection, at least. But a murky playing field or a driving rain...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Soccer Squad to Meet Tufts | 9/30/1959 | See Source »

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