Word: tilled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Among the veterans in the book field, Phillip's forsees the annual lust for literature, and has been stocking up its non-text department for some time in preparation. The Harvard Book Store, almost alone in the rare and ancient book department, is happily counting the shopping days till Christmas...
...According to legend, St. Thomas was not present with the other apostles at the burial of Mary, and doubted her ascension till the Virgin threw down to him her cincture as tangible proof...
...boomtime high. And corporations with record earnings voted extra dividends; there were 44 last week. Yet many stocks were selling for so much less than the actual worth of their companies that stockholders would get their money back if the company passed out only the cash in its till...
...Yale Song Book. The first portion ended with a swirl in Randall Thompson's "Tarantella," conducted by the composer and sung enthusiastically, if not distinctly, by the two Glee Clubs. After the intermission, the Yale group did a moving interpretation of the cowboy song "Old Paint," but they waited till their "Deitsch Company," an old drinking song, to bring down the house. The double yodel featured here was at once carefree and harmonious, and the Harvard group, a more Glee Club, suffered by comparison. But the lack was soon covered by their frolicsome rendition of "Gently, Johnny," sung with...
...Wood Shed. Fish had been sold at the market, originally a one-block stretch at the foot of Fulton Street just north of Wall Street, since 1821. But it was not till 1848 that the city built a wooden shed to house the fishmongers...