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Word: specs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...trouble with Spec and all the other publications around here was that they were run by a little crowd of ininsiders and their stuff didn't make sense to anyone who didn't know Jack and Bill and Bob and all their nicknames...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freedom of College Newspaper at Stake In Columbia Spectator's Campus Battle | 9/28/1945 | See Source »

...When I was co-captain of the crew, we beat Navy, which was pretty good going, and were all set to face Cornell. Spec ran a story about how we were going to race Cornell and it didn't say anything about our beating Navy until the very last paragraph...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freedom of College Newspaper at Stake In Columbia Spectator's Campus Battle | 9/28/1945 | See Source »

...opposite corner we have Stanley Smith and Harry Coleman, who were five-weeks-old Spec candidates when KCAC rocketed them to the top. They say there's another side to the story...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freedom of College Newspaper at Stake In Columbia Spectator's Campus Battle | 9/28/1945 | See Source »

...Emergency Council says the issue is settled, but even Smith anticipates new battles. "The old board will need plenty of money, though, to publish a Spec privately," says Smith; "Mr. Hubbard (Benjamin Hubbard, head of KCAC) will okay our printing bills and he won't okay anyone else...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freedom of College Newspaper at Stake In Columbia Spectator's Campus Battle | 9/28/1945 | See Source »

...better working conditions the Spectator compared wage scales at other New York colleges and came out in support of the union. There are certain things which college administrative officials don't like to see in print. People are wondering whether McKnight will continue to use his weight to muzzle Spec...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freedom of College Newspaper at Stake In Columbia Spectator's Campus Battle | 9/28/1945 | See Source »

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