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Word: wing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...modest origin in 1881, when Dr. Dudley A. Sargent opened a "Sanatory Gymnasium" on Church Street, Sargent has progressed steadily to a broad and varied curriculum, with a student body of 500. In 1904, the school moved from Church Street to the present site, and slipped under the wing of Boston University in 1929, where it has been ever since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "I Was a Frail 97 Pound Weakling . . ." | 1/16/1948 | See Source »

Following the game, right wing Jack Carman, a second term Freshman, will leave the Yardling squad for the Varstiy. Greeley Summer has taken up the coaching reins dropped by Stan Priddy, who left last week to compete with the American Olympic team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jayvee and Yardling Teams Play on Three Fronts Today | 1/14/1948 | See Source »

...year-and-half reign as a voice for moderate left-wing thought in this and other universities, the Student Progressive has gained in stature--physically, if in no other manner, The crudely made up. poorly printed offering of 1946 has been supplemented by a professional-looking little magazine that reminds the reader of nothing so much as a miniature Saturday Review of Literature--minus any artwork or photography...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Shelf | 1/14/1948 | See Source »

Among the dozen men whom the Trib praised for "putting America first" was F. O. Matthiessen, professor of History and Literature, who is generally considered a left-wing spokesman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Not All Professors Are Reds, Says Trib | 1/13/1948 | See Source »

...told its official story after Aviation Week, a fortnight ago, published an account of the XS-1's successful flight, which the Air Force had hoped to keep secret. The significant security point was that the other nations already had pictures showing the XS-1's straight-wing design; the Air Force had unwarily released them twelve months ago. Much U.S. supersonic research-and presumably that of other nations-had been centered on a swept-back design (i.e., wings slanted backward from the fuselage). The effect of publication was to tell all other nations and potential enemies: forget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Faster Than Sound | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

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