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Word: taking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second plan, essentially a modification of the first, envisions a voluntary "House Honors" program for those non-Honors Seniors who nevertheless wish to continue some form of tutorial. The plan assumes that a large portion of non-Honors students, often with sound reasons, simply do not want to take up the burden of extended research in some narrow, particular field, but still do not desire the anonymity of large courses. These groups would be organized on a House basis, with certification of "House Honors" placed on the degree...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: Plans Considered For Non-Honors Tutorial | 2/25/1959 | See Source »

...balance this, the film offers better-than-average dialogue, as well as a continual morbid fascination which keeps up the suspense. If your date can take it, this is a good...

Author: By Paul A. Buttenwieser, | Title: Bad Day at Black Rock | 2/24/1959 | See Source »

...exceptional performance from center Griff McClellan, the varsity basketball team defeated a favored Pennsylvania squad 69 to 60 Saturday night in the I.A.B. Trailing at halftime, 34 to 30, the Crimson battled back with more accuracy, more speed, more hustle and more points than the Quakers to take its fourth Ivy League victory against seven losses...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: McClellan Leads Second-Half Rally As Quintet Upsets Quakers, 69-60 | 2/24/1959 | See Source »

...junior Bill Rose and sophomore Dave Ottaway swept first and second place in the 50 yd. free-style. Bill Schellsteade, a frog-kicker, scored another surprising first in the 200 yd. butterfly in 2:32.2 against dolphin-kicking Nitton Jervey. Hunter, after swimming in the relay, went on to take the 100 yd. free-style...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimmers Triumph, 61-25, Over Weak Princeton Team | 2/24/1959 | See Source »

Trouble-Free Gadget. Today, still riding the crest of a tremendous postwar telephone boom, A. T. & T. is a vast, sprawling creature of wondrous efficiency. Since war's end, it has hiked its take on each U.S. phone from $5.25 to $8-while managing to cut long-distance rates between New York and Los Angeles from $4 to $2.50, and on shorter calls in proportion. Much of that money has gone into $19 billion for plant investment and new equipment, on which A. T. & T. now stands to cash in with dramatic earnings gains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UTILITIES: Voices Across the Land | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

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