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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Adams House, last year the lowest House in donations, jumped off to first place in competition for the prize for the largest per capita contribution. Adams House donations totaled $415, with the average gift approximately $8.95. Quincy took second place with an average donation of $7.60.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adams House Leads in Charities Gifts | 12/2/1959 | See Source »

Lest I appear unwilling to heed the voice of the Senior Class, let me further clarify my position. I feel that it is unfortunate that Mr. Keohane was left off the ballot since he appears to desire the office so much. If a majority of the Senior Class argues with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARSHAL PETITIONS | 12/1/1959 | See Source »

The boy with the draft card had told Freshmen he was 19. He told the police he was 22. In the same dorm he said that he had previously been working at three cents a week to pay off the orphanage, now in Indiana, for the money it had spent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Orphans' Selling Campaign Ends With Arrest in Yard | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

The film is downright healthy. There are no suicides, incests, miscegenations, divorces, or even race prejudices. In the end three or four recognition scenes suddenly blossom out of a fertile but rather parched story, and all is saved. Will Varner recognizes what a real chip off the old chopping block...

Author: By Martin Nemirow, | Title: The Long, Hot Summer | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

The Long Hot Summer ends as it begins--with Eula and her husband romping off to bed; but now everyone's happy, for similar sounds of merriment come from the two adjoining bedrooms, Clara's and Will Varner's (oh yes, he got a new bed-mate also).

Author: By Martin Nemirow, | Title: The Long, Hot Summer | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

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