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Word: local (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...accordance with local VA policy, veterans here can choose whether or not they want pay during the 15-day leave periods. Since Harvard schedules only a few days between terms, veterans here have always elected to refuse the 15-day leave...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Vets Will Not Be Affected By New V A Rule | 12/8/1949 | See Source »

...television problem in football is less acute, but it's growing. Professional football a year ago reasoned the same way as boxing, and most teams boosted their attendance figures with bans on local TV. The colleges, however, have acted less quickly, largely because only he East had suffered attendance drops and because effective action against television would have to come from the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The eastern schools, Harvard included, are currently gathered in New York for their annual meeting, and it's expected that they will try to agree on a united stand against TV to bring...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: FROM THE PIT | 12/7/1949 | See Source »

...weeks, a considerable number of men have been building muscles and developing health in an unpleasant smelling room in the Blockhouse. Butch Jordan, their coach, is giving them ahand as they build and develop, and on the side he is teaching them all he knows about wrestling, for the local collegiate season opens this Saturday...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/7/1949 | See Source »

Boston's water supply will not go the way of New York's, according to Kirk Bryan, professor of Physiography, who last night denied rumors that a water shortage threatens the local area. Bryan added that although the Boston water supply is about six inches below normal now, it will probably return to normal by spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Little Water Shortage Expected in Hub Area | 12/7/1949 | See Source »

Students can assign their money to any of six student charities: the World Student Service Fund, the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students, the Salzburg Seminar, Phillips Brooks House, the American Field Service International Scholarships, and Student Council Scholarships, or to any other national or local charity they choose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Charities Open Intensive Drive Tonight | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

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