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Word: scopes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pointed out that its Drives Committee is already responsible for two blood drives and two book and clothing drives during the year. "It is inefficient to have a second Drives Committee established separately for collections which do not differ in their general method and scope of operation," it added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PBH Seeks to Conduct Annual Charities Drive | 3/11/1957 | See Source »

...happening around him--and perhaps hopes to gain a few hints on how to increase his future income. Over a period of years Economics 1 has evolved to meet this desire for increased emphasis on economic practice rather than theory. Originally, the department set up Social Science 115 to scope with the demand for a course oriented to the non-concentrator but Ec 1 has moved closer and closer and closer to Soc Sci 115 until they are so similar that the department will probably permanently cease giving the general education course...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Economics One | 3/2/1957 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27--Sen. Russell (D-Ga.), making a new effort to limit the scope of President Eisenhower's Middle East program, said today Congress was being asked to buy "a pig in the poke...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: U.S., Israel, France Concur on Early Israeli Troop Withdrawal; Russell Blasts Ike Mideast Plan | 2/28/1957 | See Source »

Imported Singers. The trouble with the Ring, says Bing, is that it requires as much time and money to prepare as seven operas of the scope of Madame Butterfly. Even with its present success, it plays to only a fraction of the total audiences that the Italian operas draw (while three Ring performances are extraordinary, a popular repertory opera can be put on from eight to a dozen times each season, thereby making investments in rehearsal time and sets worthwhile). Moreover, the Ring requires the importation of singers most of whom sing only Wagner and hence appear a mere dozen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bing's Ring | 2/18/1957 | See Source »

John Patrick's screenplay is almost identical to his play, an effective satire of the attempt of the U.S. Government and Army to bring American democracy and values to the inhabitants of Okinawa after the war. Thanks to Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Cinema scope, and Warnercolor the movie is better than the play...

Author: By Bryce E. Nelson, | Title: The Teahouse of the August Moon | 2/8/1957 | See Source »

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