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Word: broads (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...raptured voice, "one must be really clever. He would do best, perhaps, to follow my few primitive rules. As a "locus operandi" take, for instance, the Charles: an excellent feeding ground. The first trick should be the undulation of the hand, the wink of the old eye, and a broad smile. If you walk the whole length of the bank and repeat these motions without any recognition, immediately change to the "information" method; approach a lass and ask her the whereabouts of Hunt Hall or the Union. That failing, borrow your roommate's car, a police whistle, and several companions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 6/1/1937 | See Source »

...I.C.A.A.A.A. meet that saw Ben Johnson of Columbia the first of the century to win three events--the 100, 220, and broad jump--and Pitt's ace John Woodruff capture both the half and the mile, Harvard gained only eight and a half points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACK MEN GAIN 11TH PLACE IN I.C.4A MEET | 6/1/1937 | See Source »

Down the placid waters of broad Chesapeake Bay from Washington last week churned two boatloads of aviation experts, manufacturers and operators to the brick and grass coziness of Old Point Comfort, Va. to attend the twelfth annual Aircraft Engineering Research Conference of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Carefully watched by soldiers and with cameras forbidden, they were driven to Langley Field to be chaperoned physically by NACA's Secretary John Victory and mentally by NACA's Research Director Dr. George William Lewis through the world's greatest collection of wind tunnels, to see what the finest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Tunnel Topics | 5/31/1937 | See Source »

...reviews will consist of broad outlines of the courses and will be a basis for study rather than a repetition of facts taught. Only courses which have a large enrollment were attempted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIFTEEN FINAL 1940 REVIEWS SCHEDULED BY UNION COMMITTEE | 5/25/1937 | See Source »

...Broad Jump: won by S. Parker Sorlien "38 (L), second William Eyler '39 (E), third Howard Cook '37 (K), fourth Verne Kelly '37 (W), fifth William Oates '38, (E), Distance 20 feet 6 1-2 inches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop Trackmen Edge Deacons to Win House Meet | 5/25/1937 | See Source »

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