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Word: prac (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their cabin for the summer. When Judy Hord pulled back the curtains in the darkened living room, she and her husband were dismayed to see the picture window shattered, bullet holes on the wall and bullet scars across the ceiling. Unfriendly hunters had used their house for target prac tice. Captain Herd's anger grew to fury. He sent his wife off to get the sheriff, stormed through the house cutting the cords that triggered the cyanide bombs. When he got to the pantry, the furious, forgetful captain yanked open the door. His carefully arranged contraption worked perfectly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLORADO: The Captain's Paradise | 7/12/1954 | See Source »

...article also discusses several of the outstanding courses developed at the school. One of these, "Administrative Practices," emphasizes the human approach and all over picture to so great an extent that "Ad Prac" has become B-School slang. According to Business Week. "I really ad-praced her" means roughly. "I took her emotions into account...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Business Week' Praises B-School In Picture Story | 6/3/1952 | See Source »

...current taxes. In any case the doctors' organization is diametrically opposed to having the federal government expert any control over the medical profession. In one statement at the meeting in Washington, the group even suggested that "the proponents of socialized medicine plan the training of this excessive number of prac...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: Medical School Aid Measure Waits House Approval; AMA Opposes Bill | 2/9/1950 | See Source »

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