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Word: tends (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...avail themselves of this privilege do not necessarily endorse the policy of the H.S.U. as a whole, but merely pledge themselves on the following points: 1. to fight to keep America out of the war, 2. to oppose those acts of the Administration or any other group which tend to involve the U.S. in the war, and 3. to fight for the strengthening and extension of our democracy at home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Union Offers Anti-War Membership | 5/27/1940 | See Source »

...this age of speed people tend to think of a track meet in terms of broken records. If shattered standards do make a meet successful, next Saturday's clash with Yale should be the most successful in the history of the contest, for competitors may very well break records in six events...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARKS TO FALL IN TRACK MEET | 5/23/1940 | See Source »

...That although Allies and Germans tend to slur over their defeats, the communiqués issued by the actual military and naval commands of both sides are generally reliable and generally in the long run confirm each other. (Exception: accounts of air raids. Aviators of both sides swooping in at 300 m.p.h. through a barrage, dropping their bombs and getting out in a hurry are likely to overestimate damage done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 13, 1940 | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

Because of the number and frequency of Hsi's seductions, they tend to grow somewhat wearisome. More diverting is the spirited account of Hsi's relations with his six wives. They comprise an amazing harem, a-seethe with complex jealousies and intrigues which mostly originate with a voluptuous, canny beauty named Gold Lotus, who knows how to lead Hsi around by the nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: China's Forbidden Classic | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

...tutoring through Plan B-are weakening the tutorial system," the report concludes. On a more concrete plane, the Union finds that tutorial today is often carried on by inexperienced men working under haphazardly diverse conditions. And little attempt is made to coordinate the work of individual tutors, who tend to function, as one tutor put it, in a vacuum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TUTORS TABLE | 5/7/1940 | See Source »

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