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Word: thinks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Four thousand dollars short of the total that campaign directors had anticipated for a four day period, Leonard M. Gordon '51, vice-chairman of the drive said last night, "We're going to keep going until we get as close to 100 percent as we think is humanly possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deadline Date For Charities Drive Shifted | 12/9/1949 | See Source »

...know, or think we know, that Russia has the atomic bomb at its disposal. We don't know how many she has. If we view the situation with sanity, we have no reason to feel that everything depends on our knowing how far Russia has advanced in her program. We do want to make sure that we can retaliate instantly and overwhelmingly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Excerpts from Flander's Lectures | 12/8/1949 | See Source »

...football poll you conducted was not a fair statement of alternatives. I do not think that present policy considers scholarships an inducement to good high school students, or a reward for high grades at college. Scholarships are intended to put into practical terms what Harvard considers the proper qualifications for admissions and Deans List; if students can support themselves they are not eligible for scholarships no matter how good their record. This is a bold attempt to eliminate the economic factor privately in higher education, and represents perhaps the most liberal scholarship philosophy of any university...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Questions Football Poll | 12/8/1949 | See Source »

Such hockey officials as New York's John Reed Kirkpatrick and baseball men as Philadelphia's Connie Mack aren't at all worried about television--in fact the think TV is giving sports many new friends. Magazine surveys of both these sports have shown that fans still prefer to see the teams perform in the flesh, because hockey and baseball television is a far cry from the closeup coverage of boxing, wrestling, and football...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: FROM THE PIT | 12/7/1949 | See Source »

...Council member David C. Poskanzer '50 said he could not understand the necessity for a set of rules 24 pages long. In "questioning the whole philosophy of these rules," Poskanzer said, "No rules can possibly cover every particular situation, so I think five pages should hold all the requirements necessary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Watson, Council Confer Informally On Rules for College Organizations | 12/6/1949 | See Source »

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