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Word: ams (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Despite the stout resistance of grammarians and scholars, the vulgarisms of popular speech are finally gaining their deserved recognition. Such at least is the opinion set forth in an editorial in "Liberty" which takes up the cause of natural expressions such as "He don't" and "It's me" as...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOOD USAGE | 5/20/1927 | See Source »

The 220 will be the closest race of the day, and again Paulsen and Miller will fight it out for first place and I am going to commit an act of heresy by predicting that Paulsen will nose out Miller, and Lundell will be third. In the Quarter Mile I...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Forecaster Gives Harvard Seven Point Margin in Yale Meet | 5/19/1927 | See Source »

After last week's splendid showing Captain Haggerty should have no trouble in the 880 and he should be able to pull O'Neil of Harvard with him to finish-ahead of Hogan of Yale. O'Neil has never run as well as he is doing at present and I...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Forecaster Gives Harvard Seven Point Margin in Yale Meet | 5/19/1927 | See Source »

"Mr. Hollisheimer, I am sorry, and more sorry for your father than for yourself--"

Author: By H. B., | Title: THE CRIME | 5/18/1927 | See Source »

The decay of culture about the time of the death of Emerson, the growth of the influence of the Watch and Ward Society, the entire absence of a drama or literature worthy of the name, a court system distinguished by the Sacco-Vanzetti case--was anything new needed as an...

Author: By M. T. S., | Title: THE MAIL | 5/17/1927 | See Source »

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