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Word: incurs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Students making late payments are subject to a fine, while tardy study cards will also incur a $5 fine and possible disciplinary action...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pay Bills, File Study Cards By Tuesday, Officials Warn | 2/7/1948 | See Source »

...alternative, of course, is to veto the measure, perhaps be overridden, and surely incur the displeasure of many important Democrats. In rejecting the income-tax reduction bill, Mr. Truman certainly took a firm stand in administration policy, but his veto was barely sustained. In addition, the fact that he was merely following previous speeches shows convincingly that he has not yet committed himself to any long-range plan of resistance to the opposition Congress. But a veto tomorrow will indicate that the President intends at least partly to stand by Roosevelt's political policies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thumbs Down | 6/19/1947 | See Source »

...these restrictions were mild compared to the requirement imposed upon those men who came from homes more than 100 miles from Cambridge. All such men had to place all their funds in the care of a "Patron" appointed by the University and could "incur debts only on the order of the Patron...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Early Rules Were Rougher, Tougher Than Those Today | 3/5/1946 | See Source »

...Spot. "After the President was so enthusiastic about it, I felt that I was on the spot and I had to make a decision right then and there, and I did not want to do anything to incur the enmity of the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The $200,000 Deal | 10/8/1945 | See Source »

Pierrette's father, a Val d'Or clerk, has been fearful that his daughter's fame would spread too fast, that his family would incur the wrath of the Church.* The Church itself, sternly resolved to distinguish between truth and fraud, forbids recognition of any person's "miracles," no matter how well documented, as long as the person is alive. In Pierrette's case, the Church has been scrupulously uncommunicative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Song of Pierrette | 8/27/1945 | See Source »

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