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Word: axed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rumored that the faculty officers are organizing a softball team for entrance in the a forming NSCS league. Here, fellow seniors, is our chance to get even for that 11 page three hour exam of last week. Speaking of that quiz, the axe fell on every class but Jig, the latter landing more men on the "P" list than all the rest of the classes combined. Most of the perennial "P" listers are back with the boys again...

Author: By Mids E. T. long, | Title: NAVY SUPPLY CORPS SCHOOL | 4/14/1944 | See Source »

...learned in his year in Alaska, carefully analyzed all the reports of what went wrong in Attu, then wrote his handbook. Some conclusions: Warriors' Habits. "For some reason it seems that mud and water and war always go together, so since the days of the Axe, stone, M I, the doughfoot has always had a rough time with his wet feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - OPERATIONS: Advice to Warriors | 9/6/1943 | See Source »

...peculiar conglomeration of civilians and servicemen, Harvard has lost much that made it the Harvard of peace-time; traditions and practices have succumbed is the axe of Mars not only in University Hall, but on Mt. Auburn and Plympton and Holyoks Streets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Servicemen and Civilians Mix To Make Up Wartime Harvard | 9/6/1943 | See Source »

This time he tried scooters. We don't know what happened, but when last seen the little rebel was still jouncing along, but nobody saw him get the axe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scooters Here, Shorts There, He's Back Again, By Golly | 8/13/1943 | See Source »

Hard hit by the edict was M. Muchado Osborne, who threw up the sponge last night in eminently respectable 14 Plympton Street. Only other character available for comment after the axe had fallen was Henry S. Middendorf '45, of Baltimore and Eliot House. Said he, "No comment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Building Condemned by Board of Health Here | 4/1/1943 | See Source »

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