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Word: pass (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lectures on the Norwegian language, literature, and history will be given by college teachers and Norwegian political and cultural leaders. Students who pass a theoretical and practical final examination receive instructor's certificates from the Norwegian Ski Association...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New England Ski Resorts Open Snowy Arms | 12/4/1947 | See Source »

...tons with the mirror and its wooden case, moved at five to ten miles an hour. At first the roadsides were empty, but as the news traveled, crowds began to gather. At Irvine, near Santa Ana, a star-minded school principal lined up his pupils to watch the parade pass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Hope Rides a Truck | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

Physicists at Berkeley, said Thornton, had shot high energy (100,000,000 electron-volt) neutrons and protons through carbon and other elements. Knowing the size and number of the nuclei, they could calculate how many particles should pass through the material without hitting any nuclei. More came through than the calculations had allowed for, and with hardly any loss of energy-indicating that the nuclei are not nearly so solid as supposed. It was enough to make nonscientists nervous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Plenty of Nothing | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

Robert Benchley '12 was proud of his Harvard background where after four years of intensive study he discovered why one should never draw to an inside straight even in a friendly game. In those ancient days poker was an easy game to master before the invention of the forward pass and the ruffle-shuffle...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: Egg In Your Beer | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

Most interesting localism modifying the game that Wild Bill Hickok died over is politely translated from the colloquial as "Upset the adjacent player's plans." Seven cards are distributed to the participants, and they pass around three, pick up another three, and discard two. One expert abandoned this delightful game when he found the others passing his money roll around...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: Egg In Your Beer | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

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