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Word: overflowing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Caught sunning himself at the beach, Nettler stonily denied all. Was he not a criminologist himself? Had he not delivered a lecture on "crime & punishment" only six days before to an overflow audience, and hammered home the need for a "moral community"? Indeed he had. Nevertheless, after three days of denials, he confessed, resigned from the college, and settled down in jail to read Henry Miller's Sunday After...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: The Prisoner's Song | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

...Forum has been the center of numerous disputes. In 1947, when the British Socialist Harold Laski was denied the right to speak in Cambridge schools by the School Committee, the Forum invited him to speak at Harvard. Laski drew an overflow crowd at Sanders Theatre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School Forum Marks Years of Talks, Tussles | 11/16/1951 | See Source »

Third, it will eliminate the problem of an overflow audience at popular lectures or concerts. The overflow can be moved to another auditorium and the program can be broadcast to them. Finally, the Communications Center will provide the University with quick communication in case of emergency...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University to Construct Communications Center | 10/20/1951 | See Source »

...just carry it out" is a familiar reply to overnight parkers. This year, the Cambridge City Council and the local police intend to make a lot of money on this quotation. Tightening the law, however, will not solve the parking problem. Since there is always an overflow from available car plots, opening some streets to night parking is the only...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Take to the Streets | 10/2/1951 | See Source »

...Radcliffe, there is a seven-building quadrangle and off-campus converted private homes to take care of the overflow...

Author: By Frank B. Gilbert, | Title: 12 Yard Dorms House '55 | 9/12/1951 | See Source »

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