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Word: opted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...short cut to material progress. Recently John Foster Dulles warned Americans that the Communists' "cruel system . . . does have a certain fascination for the peoples of underdeveloped countries who feel that their own economies are standing still." The danger is that those who compulsively hunger for economic advance will opt for the Communist alter native, if democracy's methods are too slow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: NEW FRONT IN THE COLD WAR | 12/13/1954 | See Source »

...books serve as a check on the honor system since girls who come in after curfew sign in late and girls whose nights out are limited by academic probation betray themselves by singing opt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Widener library Equals 'Harry's Place' in Sign-Out Book at Annex | 4/20/1951 | See Source »

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