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Word: stops (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Several possible solutions were considered before installing new turnstiles. Our editorial suggested that the Boston landowners stop stamping on the faces of the poor and pay more taxes to meet the deficit. However, these taxes had been increased 60% since 1945 and the traffic would not bear more...

Author: By Humphrey Doormann, | Title: ON THE OTHER HAND | 3/4/1950 | See Source »

...pace of the game was so great at the end that the teams failed to hear the final buzzer until it rang for twenty seconds. When they did stop, the BC players whacked their sticks down on the ice with disappointment, and the Crimson squad mobbed goalie Johnny Chase, who played clearly the finest game of his career in the nets...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Sextet Upsets BC, 9-8; Chase Stars | 3/1/1950 | See Source »

...varsity's man to man defense, except for its failure to stop the set shooting of Joe Holman, held together in the first half--though at the cost of giving the Tigers 16 foul attempts on which they scored 13 points. In the second half the defense crumbled badly, particularly under the basket...

Author: By Bayley F. Mason, | Title: Varsity Drops Fifth Straight to Speedy Princeton Quintet, 65-48 | 3/1/1950 | See Source »

Discipline & Love. After 1910 came the most abrupt change. Instead of love, stern discipline was recommended. To stop nail-biting, one expert wrote: "Get some white cotton gloves and make her wear these all the time-even in school. They will not only serve as a reminder, but also make her ashamed when people ask her about them." Obedience was to be required at all times, "and if temper tantrums resulted, they should be ignored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Bringing Up Parents | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

Down in New Orleans the people stop listening to jazz about this time, and begin enjoying the last Carnival Day before Lent. They do this chiefly by dressing up as people they couldn't possibly...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: Truth Bared: 'Mardi Gras' Actually Only Fat Tuesday | 2/21/1950 | See Source »

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