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Word: ans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Emma Redell (born in Baltimore, reared in Washington) has been described in the news recently as a "daring blonde girl" who ran away from home eight years ago and worked her way to Europe as a stewardess. Expecting a spirited, sprightly creature, her first audience was surprised to see an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Singing Emmas | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

A pyramid casts the minimum shadow for its cubic capacity. Conversely, an upside-down pyramid would cast the maximum, keeping the lower floors in shade at all times. At high noon the towers would be completely in their own shadows.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Wright's Pyramids | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

The decision seems to be based on an underestimation of the importance the student mind places in athletics and an over estimation of the difficulty of the Exeter entrance requirements which are supposed to provide the necessary check on athletes. If such be the case, it may be expected that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXETER'S DECISION | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

The arrangement to show the pictures has been made through the great kindness of C. R. Post, professor of Greek and Fine Arts, who has been assembling a special collection of movies gathered for the last few years for the significance of the art exhibited in them. The pictures to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRAMATIC CLUB SPONSORS UNION FILM SHOWINGS | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

Still another angle to the present case is the accusation which instantly comes to the mind on hearing of a school's taking a new course in the very middle of the football season; namely that of attempting to strengthen an apparently weak eleven for the final and crucial tests...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXETER'S DECISION | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

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