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Word: reasons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Another reason is that Harvard comes up to the game with a six and six wonlost record and three straight victories. A win today over the touted Purple might set McInnis' club in the right direction for the rest of the season. This would be especially welcome in view of the fact that there is an important EIBL game with Dartmouth Saturday...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Nine Entertains Holy Cross Today | 5/11/1949 | See Source »

While venality in the press is rare enough to be big news whenever it happens, the Thiem-Harris exposé made no headlines in newspapers in other states for two weeks. The main reason was that most of the papers did not know about it; no news service had carried the story. Explained Executive Editor Alan Gould of the Associated Press: "In the beginning, we didn't think it was worth the wire space." Last week, after the A.P. got some calls from clients, it decided the scandal was news, after all, and put out the two-week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Family Scandal | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

...judging the speed and distance of an airborne object give plenty of material for the human imagination to work on. In the case of flying saucers, it appears to have worked hard. Since no single bolt or rivet of a mysterious aircraft has yet been found, there is no reason to believe that either Russians or Martians have been tearing off on mysterious cross-country trips over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Things That Go Whiz | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

...Hollywood's restaurants the tips were at again; the Great Panic seemed to be over. The simple reason: box-office busi-less all over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Back to Normal | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

...exception to the above was "Topper." Like all the other films, it was chosen from the lists of available 16mms "to give a well-balanced program," in the words of an HLU spokesman. There is no other imaginable reason for its inclusion. But "Topper" did a roaring white-shoe trade, and next year the HLU will include "Topper Takes a Trip." Money, money, money...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: From the Pit | 5/9/1949 | See Source »

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