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Word: area (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this low turn-over of books and to help reduce crowding, a new reserve system should be instituted. Books could be checked out three times per day--perhaps at 9 a.m., 3 p.m., and 9 p.m.--so that students would not be confined to Lamont itself as a study area. To facilitate the operation of this system, reserve books would be due back at Desk 3 and Desk 1 thirty minutes before the start of the next check-out period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lamontmanship | 11/27/1959 | See Source »

...season's first encounter, when he distributed menus giving the writers a choice of six delicacies for their mid-game snack. Instead of the legendary soggy doughnuts, the sportswriters now had their pick of pizza, ham and cheese, and four other selections. This thoroughness in the relatively unimportant area of refreshments reflects the diligence with which Pittenger has attacked the monstrous problem of press relations and dispensation of information...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: The Man in the Pressbox | 11/27/1959 | See Source »

...group consists of between 30 and 40 persons in the Boston area, Latham said, but he declined to identify the persons involved beyond stating that they included businessmen and lawyers as well as professors from several universities in the area...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Professors Serve as Advisers To Sen. Kennedy | 11/25/1959 | See Source »

...lethargy of local hygiene authorities and fearing for the health of their myriad readers, the editors of Cambridge's only breakfast table daily have unanimously decided that this afternoon and evening will be spent in a massive, dedicated campaign to conflscate all cranberries or cranberry sauces in the Boston area. Because this praiseworthy project will strike deeply at the paper's manpower, by supreme executive flat it has been declared that there will be no Crime tomorrow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Crime Tomorrow | 11/25/1959 | See Source »

...most remarkable fact about consumer buying is that nothing seems to deter it. During both the recession and the steel strike, consumers held to their buying pace, thus bolstered the economy in a key area just when it needed support. Now, though personal income has leveled off, the consumer is still stepping up his spending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Rolling in the Aisles | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

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