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Word: pointing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...actually scored the first point, but their cause was hopeless, even with Harvard down for a game, and the Crimson soon pulled ahead. The win was routine, even though attended by many complications...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Team Topples MIT, 12 to 6 | 5/5/1949 | See Source »

...paper the undefeated freshman track team's chances against Dartmouth this Saturday look grim. The Indians recently trounced Exeter by 43 points, while the freshmen had to come from behind in the final event of the afternoon last Saturday to eke out an eight point win over the prepschoolers...

Author: By Arne L. Schoeller, | Title: Lining Them Up | 5/4/1949 | See Source »

This is beside the point. The book, and not its author, must be examined. Unfortunately, the book makes two mistakes--one small one and one big one--which injure its effectiveness and validity...

Author: By John G. Simon, | Title: The Bookshelf | 5/4/1949 | See Source »

...outstanding in their professions, they are of necessity loyal Americans. This does not mean that these people are not loyal Americans. But--in the case of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, for instance--it is an assumption which Rogge logically does not have to make to prove his point about House Committee improprieties...

Author: By John G. Simon, | Title: The Bookshelf | 5/4/1949 | See Source »

...skip these chapters, if you will, and, if you will, read only the excerpts from actual testimony. This is the meat of the matter, and the point must not be missed. The point is that a private enterprise system is making the fatal mistake of impinging on the one really sacred piece of private property: private opinion. If nothing else, Rogge's book is a reminder of a truth we must not forget; that in America, freedom is, among other things, a state of mind...

Author: By John G. Simon, | Title: The Bookshelf | 5/4/1949 | See Source »

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