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Word: encompasses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Those who oppose the adoption of any system that would force the clubs to encompass the entire upper class student body, can counter with many proofs that the present system is fine and cannot be changed because of over-crowding and should not be changed because it violates the clubs' prerogatives to choose whom they like...

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 »

...disagreeable problem to solve. The drama of the French Communists, pointed up by the week's events, is this: that Western firmness compels Moscow to compel the French Reds to show their true colors. Strangely tragic -but not pitiable-figures, the French Communists are thereby forced to encompass their own destruction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Treasonable Intentions | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

Reynaud, whose English does not encompass the playing fields of Eton, gave the Briton a blank stare and rode...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN UNION: Hare v. Tortoise | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

Surveyors originally planned to cover ten percent of University undergraduates, but final results encompass the opinions of only 197 students, 3.6 percent of the College Population. Nevertheless, directors Ray F. Gootenberg '50 and Stanley H. Lofchie '50 claim the poll significant, since it represents "an accurate sampling" of College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HLU, AVC Send Buck Results of Tuition Rise Poll | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

...Student Activities Center appropriate for a War Memorial? Dean Hudnut feels that by fostering cooperative creative activity it will prove the most appropriate memorial possible. Will it encompass the entire University? Graduate school organizations should of course have equal access to the Student Activities Center. Aren't scholarships a good idea? They are so good that countless hundreds already have been established. Will the Alumni contribute? A War Memorial solicitation, by the admission of Harvard Clubs President Ralph Lowell, transcends other appeals in the eyes of most donors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: While Time Remains | 11/7/1947 | See Source »

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