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Word: bettered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Coach Skip Stanley, who had anticipated a much better showing from his squad, found the defense slow in clearing the ball out of home territory, and the attack weak in breaking free for passes. To get a strong attack under way, Captain Hammond, who had not intended to play due to a bad nose, saw service most of the second half...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stickmen Suffer Loss, 3-1, to Strong Stevens Ten; Yardlings Beaten | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...those men who feel they should have some knowledge of Greek culture and yet cannot afford three courses, the Classics Department should make some provision. While reading Greek in translation is appreciation second-hand, it is better than none at all. A course in the Intellectual and Literary History of Greece, given in English, would be a great help to those low-ante men. Such a course, it is true, would be no more than a whirlwind campaign through well-settled valleys, but that is the kind of a course which Sophomores and Juniors need as a background for their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...wife and two subdeb daughters, but a profitable attraction for summer tourists, who pay 35? a head to view its splendors. When Franklin Roosevelt last year picked him to get CAA off to a good start, Ed Noble sold his aviation holdings, soon made a record as a better-than-average public administrator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Life Saver | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

Business last week had an inkling of what to expect from the new team of Hopkins & Noble. A current Noblism: "The way to do business is to do business-the more the better. As a businessman I have long known that volume is the cure for most business ills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Life Saver | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...beef, cotton and wool to sell, was not blind to the possible profits war would bring. With military aviation booming at San Antonio, Texas was well aware how near war might be. But let it be Europe's war, said Texas, "We can keep out of it . . . Roosevelt better watch his step." But Texas agreed with Franklin Roosevelt on getting ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Contours | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

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