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Word: stepping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...significant step forward marked by the development of two-year community colleges hinges on the acceptance and cooperation of leading citizens in each locality, particularly by managers of industry, president Conant concluded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More Junior Colleges Suggested by Conant | 10/20/1948 | See Source »

...Valpey is still looking for a right-side backer-up--somebody who will 'step out and be a leader," in addition to a pair of good defensive ends. He hopes to unearth them in the daily workouts against Jayvee Coach Ben McCabe's "Dartmouth" team. At the moment, will Davis, Don Stone, Paul O'Brien, Bill Hickey, and Chuck Glynn are all battling for a Saturday starting assignment. Veteran Phil Isenberg will handle the left flank...

Author: By Don Carswell, | Title: Varsity Whets Edge in Scrimmage | 10/20/1948 | See Source »

...Britain are going to standardize screw threads. No great oratory attends this homely step, no military pageantry, yet it may be as important as half a dozen formal treaties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMICS: The Turn of the Screw | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

Demand is so great, said Fox, that Vacuum has had to allocate shipments and is thinking of setting up a California plant. The shortage temporarily takes some of the bloom off the Crosby deal. But Vacuum hopes to step up output enough to fill the new orders Crosby will bring in. And in the scramble for the new market, Vacuum figures that Crosby is just the Pied Piper needed to lure customers away from the old brand names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Minute Maid's Man | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...build her new factory, she laid it out with some of her own shrewd ideas of how to eliminate waste motion (e.g., it has tilted tables down which workpieces slide from one worker to another without having to be carried). By such production-boosting devices she expects to step up her gross next year to $14 million (her net is Nellie's own secret...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHIONS: Nellie's Big Night | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

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