Word: somes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Some of the difficulty about the awards is caused by the requirements involved. The Arnold essay of close to 10,000 words on book collecting would seem quite difficult.
University officials, unhappy about the lack of interest, attribute some of the apathy to the decline in the tutorial system. Before the war many men were influenced by their tutors to compete.
Another problem is that some prizes have long since become dated. The award of approximately $70 for the "best essay on the life, work, or interests of John Ruskin" attracted only two entrants last year. When the award was instituted over 20 years ago, that English author and critic was...
Some 5,500,000 New York State voters are expected at the polls today to pick the winner of a bitter and close political Senatorial race between former New York governor Herbert H. Lehman, Democrat-Liberal candidate and Senator John Foster Dulles running on the Republican ticket.
Set your seenes in Raly during the war. Throw in a big gob of partisans some mean-looking German soldiery, sprinkle liberally with social significance, squalling infants, breast women, and peasants and you might have "Paisan" or "Open City." But in this case you have "Outery," and you have a...