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Word: assisted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...should not lift him down when she has finished, but should turn him over onto his little tummy, slide him gently backward until his legs hang over the edge of the bed and continue to draw him gently downward until his feet touch the floor. Then she can assist him to drop to hands and knees, and let him creep away for a short distance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Baby Safety | 5/9/1927 | See Source »

Last year, in the two-game series with Penn, Harvard won one game 7 to 4, and lost one 2 to 1. The two teams will meet again this spring on June 11, when the Harvard nine will journey to Philadelphia to assist at Harvard Alumni celebrations on the same date...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: QUAKERS TO MEET FULL STRENGTH OF UNIVERSITY NINE | 4/29/1927 | See Source »

...week when I charged a play broker with grand larceny because he kept $1,000 which I had instructed him to give to Clare Kummer, actress and playwright. In 1925, Miss Kummer was in financial straits, when the opening of one of her plays was delayed. I wanted to assist her with $1,000, but I did not wish her to know it, so I used an intermediary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 11, 1927 | 4/11/1927 | See Source »

...with jobless Jack Galbraith, whose time is spent begging for a pension and hoping to win public prize competitions, and his wife Doreen, who supports them by being decorative in the lobbies of small hotels. Successful Oliver Galbraith and his prim wife Cathie are the foil of respectability. They assist Jill's faithful airedale, Chips, in keeping her wholesome and girl-scoutish. Doreen finally goes off with a Latin-American. Jack makes a hash of his suicide, thereafter "awakening." With devoted Jill by his side he starts back up the hill of self-support to fetch a pail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jill & Jack | 4/11/1927 | See Source »

...Davison will not only outline Beethoven's varied career and describe his works, but he will demonstrate by playing on the piano. Mr. Woodworth, who is director of the Radcliffe Choral Society, will assist Dr. Davison in the course of the lecture, playing several duets with the latter, as well as some solo pieces...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT VAGABOND | 4/1/1927 | See Source »

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