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Word: present (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...effort to present a simplified and clarified set of rules, a sub-committee of the NCAA has reworded the entire rules book...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football Rules Change | 3/12/1949 | See Source »

...Europe for world government is far stronger than in the United States. It is extremely doubtful, for example, that Garry Davis could have aroused the passionate response in this country that he recently whipped up in France. Davis was a Federalist himself a few years ago, but his present activities are not sponsored by the U.W.F...

Author: By David E. Lillenthal jr., | Title: Brass Tacks | 3/11/1949 | See Source »

...Present Housing Obsolete...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Experts Declare Housing Problem Will Get Worse | 3/11/1949 | See Source »

Sociologist Firey declared that modern family trends have made present housing obsolete and that, as a result, large dwellings are no longer needed. The migration to the west coast and the fact that families now prefer to live alone are gradually removing the need for large dwellings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Experts Declare Housing Problem Will Get Worse | 3/11/1949 | See Source »

...major sport, wrestling would attract more men; stiffer competition within the eight weight classes would result in better teams which would, in turn, attract even larger crowds than those under the present system do. Last year, wrestling drew the third largest number of spectators, and was one of the very few sports which helped offset the huge H.A.A. deficit. Spectator interest as well as participant interest would be enhanced if wrestling were a major sport, for the sport can be a thrilling one if the fan knows what it's all about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What's in an H? | 3/11/1949 | See Source »

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