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Word: possessions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Like Job, the British people had been "made to possess many months of misery." They had suffered sorely and patiently until it seemed that Satan must surely run out of afflictions with which to smite them. But last week came more blows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Big Seas | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

This summary wiping out of the activities of the Office of International Information and Cultural Affairs does in a way possess a curious internal logic. The action "saves" 31-million-odd dollars in OIC outlay; it pleases those congressional minds who feel that the existence of America is, as such, her own best propaganda; and it ends the life of the OIC, the successor of that OWI which so many Congressmen unflinchingly regard as communistic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Economics of Myopia | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

...nature of the summer meeting requires that men submitting their names possess some knowledge of parliamentary procedure, the Council announced. Interest in the National Students Organization will be the second qualifying factor for prospective delegates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Seeks Delegates for NSO Meeting | 4/25/1947 | See Source »

Deerfield Academy's lacrosse team displayed all the power they were reputed to possess yesterday afternoon as they defeated the Harvard Freshmen by a 17 to 1 score on the Business School field. Paul Davidson scored the lone Crimson tally to save his team from a complete whitewash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deerfielders Club '50 Lacrosse Team by 17-1 | 4/24/1947 | See Source »

...meeting facilities, and what it would need in a new Student Activities Center. Most important, one query asked the actual membership vote supporting SAC. Questionnaires must be back in the Council's hands by Wednesday. If all organizations return them punctually with thorough and accurate information, the Council will possess the facts to prepare an authoritative report for submission to the Associated Harvard Clubs unit when it meets Commencement-time or early fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Burden of Proof | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

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