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Word: accomplished (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...attempt to accomplish this goal by office standards would be unsatisfactory the budget of a department were determined some combination of the number of its contractors and of students in its courses, the great variety which Harvard offers, and which considered by many one of its greatest strength would suffer drastically--if not be too destroyed. Also the next vacancy in any department could be summarily cancelled given to another department, instructors assistant professors could have no sense security at Harvard, and they would be quite to snap up permanent positions elsewhere...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: Faculty Allocation System Ignores Popularity Trends, Favors Consistency, Long-Range Plan | 12/14/1949 | See Source »

...people have decided, it would sooner or later have to be armed, and want to be armed. It would be up to the Western powers and to Germany's own democrats to keep a German army within reasonable bounds and under civilian control; if they could not accomplish that, they would not be able to accomplish very much else in Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Arm the Germans? | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

...basis of Monday night's figures, the drive directors anticipated $23,000 by tonight. "We believed we could accomplish this because we had more men working than before," Gordon commented last night, "but we met the same problem they did last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deadline Date For Charities Drive Shifted | 12/9/1949 | See Source »

...continue to play traditional Ivy League opponents. Six of Harvard's nine opponents are traditional rivals. Of the other three, everyone knew Stanford was only a home-and-home arrangement, and the Army contract runs until 1951. Holy Cross is hardly "big-time" in 1949. So what did Bingham accomplish by announcing Harvard would cease to he "big-time?" Precisely nothing...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 12/3/1949 | See Source »

These words were written by Hamilton Fish '10 on October 21, 1948, in his foreword to "The History of Football at Harvard." Fish, a former captain ('09) of football here, was basking in in the illusion that Arthur Valpey would accomplish miracles overnight...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 11/29/1949 | See Source »

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