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Word: term (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...December's level, although a rise in January would be normal. The fact that public spending as indicated by bank debits showed a marked downtrend, posed the possibility that consumption might not support even the present rate of production. Balance of expert opinion, however, continued last week to term this industrial hesitation a "pause that refreshes" rather than a "lull before the storm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Pause or Lull | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

Grant, who yesterday completed his term as Editorial Chairman of the CRIMSON, blushingly denied that his proposal was prompted by any "delusion of grandeur" in connection with his famous sister-in-law to be. However, he added that Katherine's congratulatory kiss was "very pleasant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD SENIOR FALLS PREY TO HEPBURN-IS ENGAGED | 2/3/1939 | See Source »

With a Russian Imperial Ball motif to inspire them, the Bellboys will ring in the new term on Friday, February 17 at the annual Lowell House winter dance. Richard Himber and his orchestra will furnish the rhythm for the affair which is to last from 10 to 3 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BELLBOYS GIVE WINTER DANCE | 2/1/1939 | See Source »

Twelve Student Council Scholarships totaling $535 to apply on the January term bill were awarded yesterday at a special lunchtime meeting of the Council in Lowell House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COUNCIL STIPENDS GO TO 12 STUDENTS | 1/27/1939 | See Source »

Among the many types of term-time jobs, the largest number of individual placements, 738, went to typists, with chore workers, 241, second. These two groups together earned $4,878, while the largest earnings $30,492, went to 239 waiters including 60 in the Freshman Dining Hall. The new positions as House Athletic Secretaries, created last year, provided 25 upperclassmen with earnings of $4,350. Among its unusual placements the Office supplied the hero and villain for a pictorialized serial in a local tabloid, a man with good eyesight to inspect the life buoys which hang from various bridges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Many Job Applicants Given Positions, Plimpton Reports---$288,085 Earned | 1/25/1939 | See Source »

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