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Word: semi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Five varsity squash players, the only collegiate team entered, reached the semi-finals of the National Squash Teams Championship tournament held over the weekend in Pittsburgh...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sporting Scene | 2/23/1954 | See Source »

...semi-finals and finals the four men argued the affirmative side of the topic: "Resolved: That the United States should adopt a policy of free trade." Their arguments centered around the role of the tariff in straining our foreign relations, although they also stressed that the prosperity of our export industries depends largely upon the ability of other countries to sell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Four Sophomores Win Debate Meet | 2/23/1954 | See Source »

According to the semi-official publication, the Defense Department is expected to modify its budget currently before the House Appropriations Committee, in order to avert the threatened force-out of about 5,000 Army Reserve officers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROTC Change Shelves Short Service Plan | 2/19/1954 | See Source »

Dartmouth, which enters the game with a 500 record in E.I.B.L. play, needs a victory tonight to more into a fourth place tie with Yale. Previous to its league win last Saturday, the deep Dartmouth squad defeated the Crimson, 77 to 69, in the semi-finals of the New England Basketball Tournament during the Christmas holiday. The contest didn't count in conference standings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quintet Will Face Dartmouth Today | 2/17/1954 | See Source »

...with vertically furrowed face and sharply structural features against a background of high buildings. The man's face seems to be made of the same rough masonry as the building; Zerbe mixes mica, sand or flint with his plastic to give a rougher surface. Three Doors is a semi-abstraction in quiet reds, mauves and greens which conveys the dilapidated dignity of the hallways of old brownstone tenements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Mixmaster | 2/15/1954 | See Source »

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