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Word: pers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dying Radcliffe News in October and managed to arouse enough student support during the first two months to secure a circulation of over 400 subscribers. The format was changed to include more features in an effort to avoid competition with the CRIMSON, which is read by 80 to 90 per cent of 'Cliffies, according to Miss Webster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Percussion Stops Publishing Since Students Fail to Support Editor | 4/29/1959 | See Source »

...mere handful of undaunted lowbrows continue to drag their lady-friends to the U.T., and average 80 per cent fewer kisses goodnight on Radcliffe doorsteps than their more tractable brethren...

Author: By David Royce, | Title: Let Them Eat Popcorn | 4/28/1959 | See Source »

Other notable pickups in quarter earnings (per share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock: Shiny Quarter | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

RUSSIAN AUTO, the Moskvitch 407, will be offered for sale in U.S. this summer for under $2,000. Four-cylinder four-seater has top speed of 70 m.p.h., claims 36 miles per gallon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Apr. 27, 1959 | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

...figures most attractive to moviedom's magnates are the seductive black ones in their accounting books. Last week Loew's (MGM) reported earnings of $1.08 per share for the 28 weeks ended March 12, a gain of almost 1,000% over a year earlier. United Artists Corp. announced that it boosted revenues 20% and earnings 30% for 1958 to set new records. In 1959, higher earnings have been reported by Warner Bros., National Theatres, Inc., 20th Century-Fox and Columbia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENTERTAINMENT: Script for Success | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

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