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Word: upkeep (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
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...ants, lovebirds, opossums, lambs, lizards, palomino horses, peacocks, salamanders and snakes. Far & away the most popular dogs are cocker spaniels with collies, shepherds and setters next in line. One dog enthusiast, who owns 13 Afghans, four Doberman pinschers, two salukis, a St. Bernard and a miniature poodle, says their upkeep costs him a whacking $1,500 to $2,500 a year. Among the forty-odd thoroughbreds listed (from Chihuahua to Newfoundland), a goodly number admitted theirs was "just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 6, 1950 | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

...mobilization factor, the possibility that current crises will bring colleges back to a wartime basis with Army and Navy courses and an influx of married students, is a primary reason for the upkeep of present residential units," Roy F. Gootenberg 2 PA, vice-chairman of the Harvard Chapter of A.V.C., said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AVC Renews Battle to Save Veterans' Housing Projects | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

...assigned to each of the five floors in Riverside. The twenty-sixth man, Frederic Fickenwirth, acts as a coordinator, or Captain. One of the five men on each floor is in charge of student property and of maintenance of stairways. A second, the "plumbing expert," is responsible for the upkeep of lavatories and showers. He also cleans the corridors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Housekeeping Staff At MIT Wins Harvard Praise | 10/6/1950 | See Source »

...armed force of 1,370,000 men (at an annual cost of $5,000 a year per man for wages, upkeep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: WHERE DID THE MONEY GO? | 7/24/1950 | See Source »

...station has lost an additional $50,000. One of the troubles the new owners inherited from the old was an FCC license which permitted only daylight broadcasting on the frequency used. This meant and still means that more commercials must be crammed into operating time to pay salaries and upkeep...

Author: By Brenton WELLING Jr., | Title: BRASS TACKS | 5/3/1950 | See Source »

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