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Word: better (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Tracing the history of "league" thought, Alfaro felt that rather than having an American league invested with political power which has proved to be such a failure in the League of Nations, it would be better to continue with the Pan American Union and confine political relationships to covenants tending toward closer association...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMERICAS' SOLIDARITY BOOSTED BY ALFARO | 3/5/1938 | See Source »

...shape at the height of the season both teams should turn in even better performances than last week on the bigger armory floor. Extra stands have been installed in the anticipation of a large crowd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Favored Polo Trio to Face Elis in Second Series Tilt | 3/5/1938 | See Source »

...will probably stay, not breathlessly, nor dewey-eyed, but merely out of curiosity. "Rags are more than riches when worn for virtue's sake" is the moral of "City Girl," a drab tale of seduction in wicked old New York. Phyllis Brooks in the title role does nothing to better a deplorably poor picture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/5/1938 | See Source »

University Maids Better...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Pension Plan Claimed Preferable to Federal System | 3/4/1938 | See Source »

...point that the tempo of modern life is hard on the nervous system, it was instantly interpreted as a direct rebuke at Benito Mussolini for upsetting the equilibrium of Harvard University. This impression and the accompanying ridicule were not Dr. Bock's fault, but he should have known better...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JOHN SHOULD KNOW BETTER | 3/3/1938 | See Source »

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