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Word: offsets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...space, and has not enough warships to safeguard her own sea lanes. Yet the Moslem faithful of India this week set sail for Mecca in British ships, convoyed by the Royal Navy, paying pre-war fares ($52 for deck space, $186 first class) for the privilege. Government subsidies will offset any possible loss to the shipowners. In his resting place (halfway between heaven and earth), Mohammed the Prophet was doubtless gratified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Redbeards to Mecca | 11/18/1940 | See Source »

...flow." But "each high-water mark has reached farther than its predecessor, and each recession has not been so low as the one before it." Though the Church is now under fire in Russia, Germany, Japan and elsewhere, "the decline has been at least in part offset by numerical and territorial gains and by new currents of life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Challenge to Pessimists | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

...offset this weakness on the ground, both Blaik and Harlow have gone into huddles with themselves and have come out with the same resolution, PASSING. For the Crimson mentor this has meant two shifts in the starting lineup. Last year's Yardling captain, Don McNicol, who is reputed to sling a mean aerial, has been inserted into the starting lineup in place of Charley "The Baron" Spreyer at tailback and Covina, California's Jack Morgan, another newcomer to the Varsity, has taken over the left end slot from Joe Kouman. According to reports from the Charles River practice turf, Morgan...

Author: By David B. Stearns, | Title: VARSITY OUT TO CRACK INDIAN'S SEVEN YEAR STREAK | 10/26/1940 | See Source »

There is a good chance that the 1944 Red Book will be printed by the new photo offset process, chairman A. Roy Atherton announced last night. Such a revolutionary change in the Yardling yearbook would probably mean less expense and more scope for orginality in page design and makeup...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '44 RED BOOK MAY USE PHOTO OFFSET | 10/25/1940 | See Source »

...addition to negotiating with offset printers and preparing the pictures and names for the register, the Board has been busy getting subscriptions and contacting advertisers, he said, as well as taking pictures of football games. Radcliffe teas, and other Freshman functions. $100 cash in subscriptions has already been collected, according to the Red Book head, with 100 more Yardlings pledged to pay later...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '44 RED BOOK MAY USE PHOTO OFFSET | 10/25/1940 | See Source »

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