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Word: sumer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...young man who is really interested in working should find it impossible to get some part-time work, sumer employment officers estimated. But young women and even some highly-talented older people will have more difficulty. There are almost always odd jobs or moving furniture or mowing lawns which fellows can pick up. Girls looking for work, however, must have more than "charm." There is a lot of demand for young women with specific skills, such as typing, comptometer operation, and shorthand. Since such specialized skills are unusual in summer school girls, however, the picture is not bright...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Employment Office Predicts Many Jobs for Men, Few for Women | 7/1/1957 | See Source »

...show of 367 art works priced at $4 to $1,200 apiece. Art objects of various neglected periods proved to be even better bargains than contemporary pictures by little-known artists. Sample rates: a bronze reindeer from ancient Persia for $632.50, a 5,000-year-old "female divinity" from Sumer for $103.50, an ancient Egyptian bronze statuette of Anubis for $172.50, a Tarascan warrior for $200, a Coptic bone statuette for $28.75, Etruscan earrings for $189.75, and two highly stylized Spanish and Greek bronzes for $200 (left} and $402.50 (right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: SCULPTURE ON THE BARGAIN COUNTER | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

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