Word: top
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Harvard Square, City Engineer Edgar Davis and state engineers decided that any attempt to salvage the track would be wasted effort. Davis explains that the roadbed is fortunately low along Massachusetts Avenue, and for that reason two and one-half inches of tar can be applied directly on top of the track. Rather than harming the paving job, the track, instead, adds strength to the roadbed. Work will continue today and probably tomorrow, with traffic limited on Plympton, Dunster, Holyoke, and Lindon streets, and Massachusetts Avenue during most of the remaining construction...
Adams and Eliot held their places on top of the House football heap yesterday in the two games played at Soldiers Field...
...tests were designed only for the very top men," he said. "The new tests cover a broader range of ability...
...made very good business for the box offices when it came out two years ago; a movie about the "mammy" singer of the twenties, with Al Jolson's voice on the sound track, was almost a sure thing from the start. But there were a few of Jolson's top numbers that couldn't be fitted in. When the film turned out to be a hit, the moviemakers couldn't resist the temptation to have Jolson sing again...
When the blue books are corrected, they are ranked in order of score, and the top 25 percent are exempted. In borderline cases, an English proficiency score based on entrance-exam performances is used...