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Word: thirdly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mass reaction sooner or later." The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, owner of KSD-TV, editorialized: "Dramatic murder ... is older than Sophocles. But ... the most popular dramas have never displayed, as their principal reason for being, bashed heads and riddled bodies. As employed by television, these are the devices of third-rate drama and first-rate irresponsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Case Against Crime | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...cited an example to show that it could be done. In a Jack Sprat store in Ames, Iowa, he gave a customer a taste of a can of peas, succeeded in selling her an entire case instead of only one can. He persuaded a grocer on Manhattan's Third Avenue to keep a list of daily "specials" next to the telephone so that clerks taking orders by phone could suggest extra items. Concluded Cummings: salesmen need constructive sales suggestions from the front office, instead of a flood of letters demanding "more sales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SELLING: Meet the Boss | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...dash by Dick Weiskopf, a first in the 1000 by Dave Cairns; a close second in the 3/4 mile by Dave Gregory, who ordinarily runs a longer distance; a second in the hurdles by Charlie Durakis; a second in the 35-pound weight throw by Dick Rubin; and a third in the broad jump by Bill Geick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Track Impressive in Practice Meet | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...Leeming lost a colse mile-and-a-half race to Phillips of BU, Harvard's Everett taking third. George Williams and Lockett took seconds in the 1000 and pole vault respectively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Track Impressive in Practice Meet | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

Captain Jeff Tootell, Don Trimble, and Jerry Kantner swept the shotput and Tootell and Eric Stromsted placed third and fourth in the weight behind BU's Black and Harvard's Rubin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Track Impressive in Practice Meet | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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