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While the Harvard of President James Bryant Conant was placing the official tamp on general education, President Pusey of Lawrence was deepening his own curriculum in his own way. For one thing, ie started a freshman-studies course in which scientists, sociologists, economists, historians and men of the humanities studied and taught great books together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Unconquered Frontier | 3/1/1954 | See Source »

...tamp dirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CITIES: Let There Be Light | 12/29/1952 | See Source »

...such a yearbook--they can pretty well set their own standards and exercise their own ingenuity, if they want to produce something really original, or they can simply compile pictures and records of all the people who are graduating, throw in a resume of the year's activities, and tamp in pictures at odd corners of the pages...

Author: By David L. Ratner, | Title: 316 | 5/21/1952 | See Source »

Office workers found the detonating wires still lying on the floor, along with several Blackjack chewing gum wrappers. It was deduced that the gum was used to tamp the explosive into holes drilled in the safe door. The police found finger prints all over the place, but no one was over apprehended for the robbery...

Author: By David G. Braaten, | Title: Author - Thief Lists $100,000 Harvard Haul | 6/4/1949 | See Source »

When the great Jap campaign got up full steam in October, Gleason's band was ready to tamp in charges, fuse them and blow. Waiting until the last possible moment before the enemy advance, Gleason finally started the destruction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - OPERATIONS: The Destroyers | 1/8/1945 | See Source »

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