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Word: singularly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since Carmen Jones ends up as more than a musical, less than an opera, it is not likely to satisfy partisans of either form. Both groups will admit, however, that despite the artistic lapses, the picture is a singular attempt. Carmen Jones is intriguing for that reason alone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Carmen Jones | 12/7/1954 | See Source »

Though praising Williams highly, Pusey told the group that three men originally suggested for the post had turned it down, and that at present no one singular person is under direct consideration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pusey Not to Appoint New Divinity Head Until Spring | 11/24/1954 | See Source »

...singular peculiarities of the Providence institution he stresses, not its standing in relation to the large universities. Naturally, unity of spirit, small classes, and extracurricular activities are influential in a candidate's decision. About a fifth of the 3,000 applicants are accepted each year. A slight edge, 55 percent, of the incoming class is maintained by public school graduates...

Author: By Edmund H. Harvey and John A. Pope, S | Title: Brown | 11/13/1954 | See Source »

...modernity of these murals forms a singular contrast to the white-toward Georgian beauty of the library, which Dartmouth candidly claims is the largest college library in the world, with 750,000 volumes. Rising Lowell-House-like above the "green", Baker Library houses a variety of treasured, including such outstanding author collections as those of Robert Burns, George Ticknor, Stephen crane, and Robert Frost and such regional libraries as the Stefannson Collection on polar areas. Since Dartmouth prides itself on a "teaching" faculty, most professors there do comparatively little research. Thus, the library is considered easily adequate for their needs...

Author: By William W. Bartley iii and Jack Rosenthal, S | Title: Dartmouth A Lonely Crowd | 10/23/1954 | See Source »

...fill their current issue, Jubilee's editors characteristically let their cameras run over a singular combination of everyday Catholic problems and the Church's backgrounding in history and the liturgy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Jubilee Jells | 2/22/1954 | See Source »

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