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Word: fifth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fifth of the country's private colleges and universities wound up behind deficits despite a peak in fees paid by their students. According to New York Time statistics, one per cent of the schools went bankrupt, and another 15 per cent will have to sacrifice their standards in order to continue in operation...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: U. S. Higher Education Faces Crisis | 11/5/1949 | See Source »

Yale, who boat Dartmouth decisively last week, boasts an almost unbeatable triad of Johnson, Mearns and Eflinger It was Eflinger who ran the 4:18 Wanamaker mile two years ago, placing third behind Dodds. Leeming and Gregory can take fourth and fifth at best...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jaakko Faces Princeton, Eli Teams Today | 11/4/1949 | See Source »

Tonight the orchestra will be hard in two French compositions, one German, and one American. The program includes Rahaud's La Procession Nocturne, a Symphonic Poem after Lenau: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony; Piston's Second Suite for Orchestra; and Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe, Ballet Suite Number...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Munch and B. S. O. To Visit Sanders | 11/1/1949 | See Source »

Hardly had Loewy stepped into his muted grey and beige penthouse office high above Fifth Avenue, when more jobs rolled in, e.g., a television maker wanted him to draw up sketches for a new line of cabinets. "Fine," said Loewy. "I spent $2,000 on my own set and it hasn't worked right since I bought it." From Glamour magazine came a phone call: How about an article on theater design? "Wonderful," said Loewy. "I've been waiting for a chance to tell everyone what's wrong with theaters." Then Loewy paced nervously through the various...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Up from the Egg | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

Here, West took up the attack. He made a first down on the 43, another on the 32, another on the 22, and jump passed to Moffle for another, the fifth first-down on the 43, another on the 32, another on the 22, and jump passed to Moffle for another, the fifth first down of this drive, on the nine...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Crimson Stops Holy Cross, 22-14, for First 1949 Victory; West and Roche Spark Offense | 10/30/1949 | See Source »

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