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Word: requesting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Eily still takes her crocheting down to afternoon tea at the restaurant where Tolly's trio-which specializes in light classics-will play Cruising only by request. The two chums have already written a new Skaters' Waltz, but, says Eily, "We'll never write another Cruising. It was just a flash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lady Hit-Paraders | 5/20/1946 | See Source »

...This year is not a good time for Americans to study abroad for a good many reasons, with food as the strongest detriment." This was the answer of the Institute of International Education, the main channel of information about foreign education systems, to a request by the CRIMSON for information about the chances of Americans going to continental Europe to study during the next six months...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Americans Hoping to Study in Europe Face Up to a Year's Delay | 5/18/1946 | See Source »

...Chicago conference which Waite attended was an assembly of college administrative officers and foreign students' advisors called by the Institute of International Education at the request of the State Department to discuss the foreign student situation in general and its relation to American universities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: American Universities Must Take More Foreign Students, Says Waite | 5/14/1946 | See Source »

...comparable to stopping up one hole in a sieve. All the other gates blatantly proclaim welcome to the crafty artisans of the night. It was only natural that the present inhabitants of the Yard, carrying on the greater part of their social and scholastic activities in the Houses, should request that this custom be temporarily suspended...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Plight of the Foolish Virgins | 5/14/1946 | See Source »

They were soon to learn that University officials had no intention of granting the request, or of judging the merits of the case. After preliminary tactics of passing the buck, a campaign of false issues was begun. One sober member of the University charged that there would be defecation in the gateway by townies if it were left open. He argued everything except why this gate of the many gates in the Yard should be locked at night. Finally a milk sop was thrown to the students by extending the hour of closing to eleven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Plight of the Foolish Virgins | 5/14/1946 | See Source »

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