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Word: renewable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
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Gregory "Gus" Zitrides resigned yesterday as head football coach at Brown after it became apparent the University Athletic Council would not renew his contract...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown Football Coach Resigns After A year | 12/20/1950 | See Source »

Princeton decided to dismiss an assistant professor who had been indicted for contempt of Congress; Columbia not only denied permission to speak to Howard Fast, a left-wing author, but also refused to renew the charter of the college's chapter of the Labor Youth League. Princeton would offer no reason for its action; Columbia banned Fast because he was "not objective," and denied the Youth League a charter "because of its affiliation with subversive parent organization...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Time for Restriction | 12/9/1950 | See Source »

...Sample from a recent select-the-best phrase question: "In trying to renew old recollections, we cannot unfold the whole web of our existence; we must 1) winnow the wheat from the chaff, 2) pick out the single threads, 3) scrap the flotsam and jetsam, 4) isolate the relevant factors, 5) distinguish between the warp and the woof." Students who ticked off No. 2 got it right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Cure for Chaos | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

High executives said last night that Dr. Huey obviously needed to renew his contact with the mysterious Eat. He will return to his mountain monastery in the trackless wastes of Inner Mongolia for further inculcation with the occult secrets of prognostication...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oriental Sage Resigns Post | 10/24/1950 | See Source »

...Editorialized New York's tabloid Daily News last week: "Whether Dr. Howell did it or whether Nature deserves the credit, the fact remains that it happened . Let's by all means renew [Howell's contract...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Rained Out | 7/31/1950 | See Source »

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