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Word: bested (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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This latter change seems much more likely to be of permanent significance. With Devens and Harper filling in at the other two positions the Crimson would have practically the best running backfield it could assemble. Putnam, Devens and Mays all are experts on the lateral pass and end runs while Devens and Harper could be called upon for thrusts at the line and off-tackle. The Wood-Putnam-Devens-Harper combination, however, should not be neglected. In all probability this quartet will get a thorough test against the Alligators with the remote idea of starting against Michigan the following week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HORWEEN SHIFTS BACKS FREELY IN LONG SIGNAL DRILL | 10/30/1929 | See Source »

...idea of how to apportion their time. This knowledge should be taught in all schools, but is not. For that reason it would be a wise idea for colleges to devote some of their time to individual instruction for incoming students, in order that they may get the best from their work with the least effort expended...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: READING, STUDYING MORE POPULAR NOW | 10/30/1929 | See Source »

...open to members of the Calvert Round Table and a list of guests to whom invitations have already been sent. The first one will discuss vocational adjustment in its relation to religion and race bases. The second will treat of misrepresentation of religious beliefs and practices, and how best to lessen them or effect their elimination. The third table will consider questions of community cooperation and conflict; and to what extent cooperation, ignoring religious divisions fons has proved successful in different communities

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT LOWELL TO GIVE OPENING ADDRESS | 10/29/1929 | See Source »

...tone could not offset faulty breathing. Once her over-taxed voice ran down like a forgotten phonograph. Accompanist Frank La Forge tried to save the situation with a skillfully improvised finale. Emma herself might have followed the accepted procedure for erring singers: hold a pose and hope for the best. Instead she grimaced, vanished through the curtains. A few seconds later she popped her head out again and emitted a high, piercing, utterly irrelevant note. Amazed, the audience applauded this unique effort as if it had been a complete and flawless song. Critics were kind, blamed only young Emma...

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

...dormitory football team will meet Andover today at Andover. The dormitory team is composed of the best players from all the Freshman dormitories...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1933 Plays Andover | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

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