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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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As Ingrid Waldron '61 started to get up from one of the stone seats in the Radcliffe Quad yesterday, she accidentally set off a planted explosive which burned both her arms.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Blast Injures 'Cliffle | 3/27/1959 | See Source »

The most recent Picassos until The Bathers, I find frankly disappointing. They have been generally flip, too off-hand, even downright sloppy. Many of the canvases, contrary assertions aside, have been leaving the studio too fast. There are those who declare that Picasso is at last treating his mesmerized public...

Author: By Paul W. Schwartz, | Title: Picasso: The Bathers | 3/26/1959 | See Source »

Leading off the series will be a discussion on Harvard-Radcliffe integration, with Dean Monro, Dean Brown, David E. Owen '27, Master of Winthrop House, and Elliot Perkins '23, Master of Lowell House. Owen was the first Master to affiliate his House with a Radcliffe Hall, while Perkins has been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Plans Panel Discussions To Examine University Problems | 3/25/1959 | See Source »

Roundabout advice to Tibetans in Kalimpong, an Indian trading center on Tibet's frontier, said Lhasa was quiet, though tense. One unverified report said 300 Red troops and 50 to 60 Tibetans were killed. The battle was set off Friday by Tibetan fears that the Communist overlords planned to kidnap...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: France, Germany Support Plans For Summit Talks With Soviets; Reds Suppress Rebellion in Tibet | 3/25/1959 | See Source »

Most of the other Vanbrughs had their troubles with women, too. Francis Vanbrugh (born 1772) was a frail and handsome man given to fainting fits, who spent ten long years being hopelessly in love with the proud Duchess of Avalon. When she finally capitulated and came to his room, Francis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Decline & Fall | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

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