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Word: arounders (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mechanical devices which have taken pinball out of the shoot-and-pray classification and given the player a show for his money. One of these is the "live" bumper, essentially an electromagnet surrounding a spring; when touched by a ball it promptly squats down and sends the ball hurtling around the board. The other is the flipper, a little plastic arm controlled by buttons on the flanks of the machine, with which the player can achieve considerable control of the ball...

Author: By Paul W. Mandol, | Title: Circling the Square Yipee Tilt! | 2/18/1949 | See Source »

...game of skill with an athlete. Last year a Social Relations student found that most students claimed they played to "waste time." But the owner of the Holyoke Street grill in which much Harvard pinball activity centers has different ideas. "They give the boys a nice place to hang around," he says, "when they can't afford the Fly Club...

Author: By Paul W. Mandol, | Title: Circling the Square Yipee Tilt! | 2/18/1949 | See Source »

Cards will be printed around March 1 and will entitle holders to discounts at certain stores contacted by NSA members in the next few weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe NSA Will Contact Girls for Hospitality Drive | 2/17/1949 | See Source »

...drop around at 7:30 p.m. tonight if you want to get the same training that sent Joseph C. Grew '02, James B. Conant '14, Cleveland Amory '39, and the late Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 on their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crime Opens Competitions Tonight | 2/17/1949 | See Source »

...fight reportedly broke out in Jim Cronin's Restaurant sometime after midnight, and the episode came to a close around 12:30 a.m. on Mt. Auburn Street, when Officers T. Eagan and J. McCarthy heaved the apprehended student into a patrol wagon. He was booked at Central Square Station on charges of drunkenness and disturbing the peace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Hunted In Square Fracas | 2/16/1949 | See Source »

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