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Word: tested (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Leverett's pucksters put the hapless Kirkland team to complete rout, 12-0, in a game marked by the ineffectual efforts of the Deacon defense to cope with the superior Bunny forward line. The league-leading Winthrop six met a difficult test against Dudley's commuters, but Butcher's two goals led the Puritans to another triumph...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell-Dunster Draw Climaxes Hockey Card | 3/3/1942 | See Source »

...Saturday afternoon, the Third Class Proficiency Tests, one of the pre-requisites to receiving a "C" rating in the U. S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association, will be given by Bungie King and Tom Winship on the Pinkham Notch Practice Slope. To pass this test the skier must make four continuous stem turns, a right and a left stop Christie, and either two jump turns or two telemarks. In addition he must negotiate a prescribed slalom course in reasonable time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHUSSMEN TO RACE SUNDAY | 3/3/1942 | See Source »

...wants well-educated men most, refuses to set up a rigid schedule for the colleges. The Navy's plan, explained Joseph W. Barker, is to enlist 17-to-19-year-old students who will take a comprehensive examination after three semesters. If he passes the Navy's test, as well as his college exams, a student can go into Naval aviation at the end of his second year, or, if he elects engineering or other specialized work, can continue his course, get his degree, then his commission. The Navy wants more colleges to adapt their curriculums, include training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Military Training | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

...First test of this scheme was 2,958 shares of Bon Ami Co. B stock, an inactive issue. Last week, just 103 minutes trading time after the first ticker-tape notice flashed in U.S. brokerage offices, the last share was sold. To Stott, this was full proof that the Big Board can handle almost any stock-selling job. To the seller, it meant a big saving in commissions. Off-the-board commissions would have been around $6,000; commissions under the special offerings plan were $3,163-only 2.86% of the $110,555 deal. Thus, in effect, Mr. Stott...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Stott's Scheme | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

...most amusing of the "rough" spots in the drill occured when two irate Yardlings, having been officially pronounced "dead," were forcebly, ejected on stretchers protesting that they had a History 1 test for which to prepare...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLEGE RUNS PRACTICE RAID | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

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