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Word: assets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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George Plimpton's main asset as number five is his skill at retrieving difficult shots. Although this type of defensive game has served him well he has added a few "winning" shots to his game...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/9/1949 | See Source »

Adam's Rib is acted as though the players found it funny, but actually, like many "sophisticated" movie comedies, it is more absurd than comical. Its chief asset: a high-toned song called Farewell, Amanda, with dismal lyrics which Cole Porter must have written while waiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Nov. 28, 1949 | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

Because their five-and-five season's record is better than the Elis' three six and two mark, Coach Bruce Munro's players will enter the game as the favorites. Perhaps the biggest asset on the Crimson side is its performance Tuesday of this week, when it mauled M.I.T. by the unexpected score...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: 14 Fall Sports Teams Hit New Haven Today | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

From an experiment, Princeton's unique club system has passed through the stages of phenomena and faddish, and now must prove itself an asset to the college as well as institution...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: Princeton Clubs Divided on Proposal to Open Membership to 100 Percent of Upper Classes | 11/5/1949 | See Source »

That's the keynote of the Hynes campaign. The present city clerk of Boston, who is running for office for the first time in his life, knows that a well-informed student group will be an invaluable political asset now in the days preceding November 8, as well as later in Boston's political future. In the organization of youth groups, the 21-28 age group, Hynes leads all the other candidates who are running for mayor...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: "Flying Squadrons" Pace Hynes Youth Movement in Boston Mayoralty Campaign; Newspaper Highlights Group's Work | 10/26/1949 | See Source »

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