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Word: popular (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nation's most popular sport experienced a renaissance at Harvard last year, and appears likely to maintain or even add to its newly-won success this season...

Author: By John A. Rava, | Title: Varsity Five Expects A Successful Season | 11/30/1957 | See Source »

Although some ten percent of the Class of 1961 have not yet decided on their field, over 500 men plan to concentrate in science, the 1961 Freshman Register reveals. Physics is the most popular science, followed by mathematics and chemistry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Pick Natural Sciences As Favorite Concentration Field | 11/29/1957 | See Source »

History and government wage a neck and neck race for most popular concentration, with history edging out a narrow victory. English is third...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Pick Natural Sciences As Favorite Concentration Field | 11/29/1957 | See Source »

...preoccupation of collecting works of art is probably more widespread at the present than it has been at any time before. Significant collections of modern art are numerous and continue to expand even at this period of five and six digit prices. Art has become popular and even if diamonds are still a girl's best friend, Picasso turns out to be just as sound an investment...

Author: By Paul W. Schwartz, | Title: The Morgan Library | 11/27/1957 | See Source »

...dinners will bring together all tutors in a given area of study with about 15 students and a member of the Committee. The Department will give several dinners for students in the two most popular of the 11 fields, America and England, in order to preserve the informality of a small gathering...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History and Lit. to Give Dinners To Cement Faculty-Student Ties | 11/26/1957 | See Source »

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