Word: blue
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pattern of a winter suit should be either an overgrown check or an undersized plaid--on the whole, it would be advisable to procure two or three suits, besides extra trousers, of varied styles. The coloring should be warm. Bright reds, blues, oranges, and yellows give a genial effect to a coat-sleeve; and nobody who was not a gentlemen would ever dare to wear anything of the sort. The coat should be either a very loose sack or a very close-fitting cut-away-- there is nothing meaner than a mean between two elegant extremes. The waistcoat should...
...soccer throughout his preparatory school days. During his Freshman year at Harvard he played fullback and was one of the strongest men on the first year eleven, and for the last two years it has been his sterling defense play which has repulsed the Yale attack and held the Blue to three tallys in the two games...
...greatest amount spent for blue between 1923 and 1928, the included in the survey, was in when $2164.29 was paid out. sum and the sum denoting the for blue books over a span of years, was expended for the examination books used only by undergraduate. A few of the blue books were for clerical work in the dean's though the greatest majority consumed in the hour examinations, mid-years, finals, and General Examinations. If all the pages of these blue-books could be fitted into a large area this square would approximate a square mile. The lines of writing...
Entries for the annual fall class tournaments opened yesterday. All Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors may compete there being a separate tournament for each class. The entries, which close on Friday, may be made by signing in the blue books at the squash courts. The tournaments start next Tuesday...
...annual passage through the orbit of the Leonids. Their orbit is a vast ellipsis swinging beyond even Jupiter, and along its path race hunks of stone, iron and other minerals. When those pieces strike the Earth's atmosphere friction makes them terrifically hot. They burn with an intense blue flame. Some burn up entirely, some plunge into Earth's earth or seas, adding their mite to Earth's size and power among the astral bodies...