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Word: retainers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Freshmen fencers, undefeated in seven starts, will try to retain their unblemished record Saturday, when they meet Yale in the season's finite...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '51, M.I.T. Swordsmen Cancel Today's Meet | 3/10/1948 | See Source »

...attention to seek aid through the official University channels. If there is no response, the AVC will see Associate Dean Wales and see if the problem can be straightened out. If necessary, the AVC will intervene. Its services will not be limited to veterans and the AVC will retain the same relations with the University as it did during the fall when it was concerned with the commuter housing problem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AVC Will Aid Students Hurt by Rent Increases | 2/24/1948 | See Source »

While being all things to all men, Runyon succeeded in always keeping his spotlight fixed on the central characters, and his lurid descriptions of them still retain their vitality. But, compared with the cool, intelligent journalism of Trial Reporter Rebecca West, Runyon's reporting is sensationalism cooked to Hearstian taste. Time has dulled the edge of the slangy, informal jargon that won Runyon so many admirers, and his dramatic exclamations pale into mere verbosity when Mrs. Snyder is asked "Why did you kill your husband?" and gives the utterly simple reply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: All Things to All Men | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

Amazingly enough, the movie manages to retain most of the playful charm of a weekend love affair that earned the stage version a five-year run. For this feat, author John Van Druten, who was on hand in Hollywood, is presumably responsible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/13/1948 | See Source »

...tied definite conditions to their request. Aware of the handicapping features of total support, the Band is asking only for a sum to cover its Cornell and Princeton trips, predicting that record sales and concert incomes will take care of home expenses. Asking for partial aid permits them to retain some semblance of extra-curricular freedom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Heartaches or Harvardiana? | 2/11/1948 | See Source »

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