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Word: performances (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Regarding your editorial on the Postmen ("Phony Express") I think you had a fine point, but I wonder why you did not suggest anything constructive to remedy the situation. The Postmen may be something of a nuisance when they come around demanding money for their Ball, but they perform a service for us and deserve every respect we can give them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DOOR SLAMMING | 5/14/1952 | See Source »

...reservist who does not obey his superiors and perform his duties may be accused of showing unpatriotic and egocentric self-regard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 12, 1952 | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

...Straw Hat Ball will begin at 39 Plympton Street, the I.A.B. Tommy Tucker and his orchestra will provide the entertainment, while the Bowdoin College Singing Group will perform at intermission...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1st Regatta Weekend Begins Today; Dances, Bacchanalia Attract 2,000 | 5/9/1952 | See Source »

Besides the singing, sociality, and occasional dashes of sex involved in Dunce activities, (they have sung at Smith, Bryn Mawr, Wellesley, and Radcliffe this year), the Dunces have two stated purposes: to sing comparatively unknown songs other groups don't perform, and to sing tunes arranged especially for them...

Author: By Milton S. Gwirtzman, | Title: Dunster Dunces---Charms to Soothe the Savage | 5/9/1952 | See Source »

...lens was the fundamental stumbling block, and once it was completed, other men went to work on an apparatus that would house the tiny piece of glass and enable it to perform its amazing function. Robert C. Jones '38, designed an electronic brain that instantly calculates the exposure settings on the camera to which the lens is coupled. Murray N. Fairbank '28, chief engineer on the project, developed the maze of machinery that feeds the film through the equipment and develops it in a minute's time...

Author: By Richard H. Ullman, | Title: New Ultraviolet Ray Microscope Probes Mysteries of Cell Cancer | 5/9/1952 | See Source »

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