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Word: oversized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Unlike the other brash new Houses, Adams is an aggregation of two old and gaudy student apartment dwellings and one new structure that shelters the library and dining hall, all inter-connected by an elaborate tunnel system. The swimming pool, and adjacent sun deck, are hold-overs from the days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sprawling Adams Offers Proximity, Good Food to Incoming Freshmen | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

Argentina. This year's estimated wheat crop of 156.000,000 bu. is about 60% of last year's; the 76,000,000-bu. corn crop is 22%. Other grains are hard hit, but because of considerable carry-overs Argentina will probably need no imports, although her exports will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Scorched Earth | 3/26/1945 | See Source »

All for One. There was no more talk of burning Japan's papier-mâché cities; some, like Nagoya or Osaka, never modernized (as was Tokyo after the 1923 earthquake), might be fired by overs or shorts intended for factories on their outskirts. If so, it would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Target Japan | 1/8/1945 | See Source »

One of the most important hold-overs from Harlow and Harvard strategy of yore is the policy of kicking on third, and sometimes second, down. Designed to "make the break" for the Crimson, the idea depends on a high-calibre punter and fast wingmen. The point, as illustrated amply in...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lewis, | Title: Harlow System Still Prevails in Lamar-Coached Wartime Team | 10/6/1944 | See Source »

Usually available only in minute quantities (the average request is for a single gram), these chemicals are ordinarily left overs or by-products of chemists' experiments. Their value runs as high as $1,000 a gram, but in most cases chemists supply them free, expecting reciprocity. As go-between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Rare Business | 10/25/1943 | See Source »

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