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Word: usufructs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...familiar is the lengthy decameron of the Post's civic exploits. Every year the available hunters of Denver go off to the mountains in quest of jackrabbits, and these, in astronomical quantities, are dumped in front of the Post Building for the usufruct of the poor. The Post has always sold coal--its slogan "An Extra Lump With Every Ton" was in Bonfil's best vein. When Denver's physicians announced that most of the jackrabbits had tularemia, and were inedible, when the city sealer declared that every ton of Post coal was short-weight, Mr. Bonfils refused even...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday | 11/18/1933 | See Source »

Antioch College this June reaped precious usufruct of its work-study plan. Cooperative arrangements between classroom and factory, office or field were maintained with difficulty through last year. But, exulted Antioch last week, "They were maintained." Antioch seniors who want jobs have them, even though one man has been cooking on a Venezuela oil tanker and another is barnstorming the U. S. with an autogiro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Jobs | 6/15/1931 | See Source »

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