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Word: suspected (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sweltering one-ox towns without plumbing, and it has transformed men one generation removed from jungle barter into American salesmen with an irresistibly sincere approach. It has successfully defied the concerted attacks of all Communist mouthpieces which denounce it as a drink vile, imperialistic and poisonous. Its makers suspect that it is the biggest thing since America provided oil to light the lamps of China and celluloid fables to feed the dreams of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMICS: The Sun Never Sets On Cacoola | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

Radcliffe girls don't like exercise. They don't like archery, sailing, bowling, body mechanics, or modern dance. Given a chance, most of them would shirk their two years, two hours a week of athletics. This, at least, is what Radcliffe gym authorities suspect. To make athletics requirements escape-proof, the Gym Department has plugged loopholes so thoroughly that even the more athletic girls suffer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Athletics | 5/11/1950 | See Source »

...arrests in the last year, the bookies have wised up. They seldom write down a number or horse's name, or keep any other scrap of evidence which might be used against them. To make an arrest the police need only find a slip of paper in a suspect's pocket bearing at least a dozen numbers. Depending on the judge and the number of previous arrests, the defendant may get probation, a suspended sentence, a stiff fine ($50-$1000), or a jail sentence--sometimes coupled with another fine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bookies, Racketeers Thrive in Square | 5/3/1950 | See Source »

...sure if this situation exists in other fields, but I suspect it does to some extent. I hate to feel that I am going to graduate without hearing a good portion of the outstanding men in my field because of an administrative complication. Ray W. Karrass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Course Conflicts | 5/2/1950 | See Source »

Like many other things, DDT is poisonous to human beings if swallowed in large doses. Perry and Bodenlos suspect, however, that some of the deaths credited to DDT were really due to the kerosene and other solvents in which the insecticide was dissolved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Safe DDT | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

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