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Word: accomplishing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...blind he used to lapse into terrible silences, broken by the words "I think only of death!" At 70, 13 years before his death in 1917, Degas told a visitor that "One must have an exalted idea, not of what one does, but of what one will some day accomplish. Otherwise there is no use working...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Hard Way | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...Dore Schary is contemplating revenge for the rough handling he got from RKO's crusty new boss, Howard Hughes, he can forget it. For "Station West," one of the last pictures Schary made at RKO before his collision with Hughes, will certainly accomplish any dark purpose he may have in mind. It stinks and it will make Mr. Hughes squirm like a rattlesnake on a lot stove...

Author: By George G. Daniels, | Title: Station West | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

...some cannot." Last week, after three years of trying to combine her job and matrimony, pert "Miss Mac" decided to leave Wellesley and join her husband, the Rev. Dr. Douglas Horton, a leader in the Congregational Christian Churches, in New York. Explained Mrs. Horton: "As a team we can accomplish more than the sum of the accomplishments of each of us working separately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Miss Mac Steps Down | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

...office will work within the limits of time, staff, and facilities to accomplish its purpose. "Of course," it was explained, "we will grow along with the other departments in the University as our services become more and more efficient and valuable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Advisory Council Sets Up Shop in Straus Hall Office | 10/7/1948 | See Source »

...completely revised ticketing and seating systems necessary to accomplish this end were announced yesterday by William J. Bingham '16, Director of the Harvard Athletic Association...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Girls to Adorn Traditionally Male Cheering Section Seats This Fall | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

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