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Word: oftens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...middle period, Harvard took over the game, scoring three goals. The first was defenseman Dusty Burke's first varsity goal, a long shot at 5:23, and the other, by Huntington, came when Whiston came out of the nets once too often...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Basketball Team Wins; Sextet Bows to Brown | 12/14/1949 | See Source »

...spent for. The School is left to sign the check for what officials term the "intangibles"--chief among them, spending time to organize the project and the providing of the space to carry it out. What happens is that for each $1.00 of gift money received, the School is often left to pay out $1.05, $1.40, or perhaps even more...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

Berrien has noted what he calls a "vicious circle" in the club meetings themselves: outside speakers do not stimulate student participation; on the other hand, some people will not attend a meeting unless they can listen to a speaker. Berrien feels this often becomes a fourth classroom lecture, which is exactly what he tries to avoid. He supposes that some students are "organically spectators," but he is still anxious to strike a successful balance between speakers and student discussion groups, and he would like to introduce more round tables and debates...

Author: By Petter B. Taub, | Title: Now in Fourth Year, Modern Language Center Mixes Scholarship with Informal Atmosphere | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

...Modern Language Center is its informal atmosphere, and this is what Professor Berrien has been striving to maintain since 1946. His colleagues have often questioned him about turning some of the rooms into classrooms (as it is now, no classes are held at the Center; groups are brought over from time to time to use the facilities) but this would destroy the informality. By the same taken, any "expansion" of the present setup would defeat the purpose of the Center...

Author: By Petter B. Taub, | Title: Now in Fourth Year, Modern Language Center Mixes Scholarship with Informal Atmosphere | 12/13/1949 | See Source »

...also used for backgrounds in The Lost Weekend, The House on 92nd Street and The Naked City. Janet Leigh is probably the cutest lung abscess case ever to enter a hospital, and Ford, with his well-cut suits and his slave bracelet, gives Bellevue an elegant tone it often lacks in real life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Also Showing Dec. 12, 1949 | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

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