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Word: returning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...present, thanks to the enthusiastic cooperation of these educators, the survey is well along. The questionnaire, which was carefully developed by a committee of leading U.S. sociologists and educators, has been sent to 15,700 "Fa" graduates and, to date, 9,500 of them have replied- a return of better than 60%. We are tabulating the answers and expect to publish the results next spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 9, 1948 | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

...Valera, whose Fianna Fail had grown lazy and complacent in 16 years of uninterrupted rule, seemed to be merely against MacBride. "If you don't return me," he told the voters, "Eire faces disaster." But he had little to promise on his own account. "Better a Dev you know than a devil you don't," was the best slogan Fianna members could think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EIRE: The Strangest That Ever... | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

...second line led the attack, paced by center Myles Huntington's three goals and four assists. As usual, Wally Sears shovelled in the high total for the first line, which was aided by the return of Shaw McKean for limited service. Even the defensemen contributed four more...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Crimson Skaters Pillage Rough Fort Devens, 17-2 | 2/5/1948 | See Source »

...must buy their required books before March 6 and must return their white authorization slips to Weld Hall before the end of 30 days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rush for Books Will Start Today as Veterans Get Authorization Forms | 2/4/1948 | See Source »

...pinned to a conventional story involving Astaire and Rogers as a couple of hoofers. Astaire has gone and joined the Navy when Miss Rogers, a fine broth of a lass, refuses to marry him on the grounds that matrimony will ruin her career. The picture depicts Astaire's return and Rogers' reconciliation, as well as a more or less uninteresting subplot about another sailor and another girl. But the characters seem happy enough all the way through, and it is evident that none of them takes the plot too seriously...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/3/1948 | See Source »

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