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Word: overlies (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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When Houghton Library opened, three months after Pearl Harbor, it was described as "fireproof, earthquake-proof, and reasonably protected against the incendiary bomb." The fire inspector looked the place over and classified it in the same category as a bank vault. And now, the staff at its parvenu neighbor Lamont...

Author: By Maxwell E. Foster jr., | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

Despite the possibility of dispute the approved resolution is being turned over to Dean Bender and Associate Dean Robert B. Watson '37. Bender said that the anti-bias clause will be studied by the Faculty Committee on Student Activities, probably beginning late in January.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Might Restudy Club Bias Decision | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

Instruction in the Bill of Rights was given to over 100 Army officers yesterday afternoon by Robert G. McCloskey Ph.D. '48, assistant professor of Government.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McCloskey Talks On Bill of Rights | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

Meanwhile, on the local scene, Instructors have been nodding to last-performance applause, folding their briefcases, and quietly stealing away. Biddies are marshalling mops and dusters to brush over students' quarters for the last time in 1949.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Exeunt as College Puts Half Century on File | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

One of the salesladies asked if I wouldn't like to see something new in dump trucks. "This one over here is a product of the Bing Crosby Research Foundation," she said as she pulled a heavy red truck out of the tinkering hands of a small boy, mumbling to...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE WALRUS SAID | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

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