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Word: comely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...some fire in the people's bellies," was the cry of Republican Alf Landon last summer (TIME, July 18). A cry of Republican Representative Bruce Barton to young voters last week was: "If there is fire in your hearts and a thrilling faith in America-then come with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTFS: Hectares and Heart Fire | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

...Yardling candidates will join Coach Fesler's Varsity men in the first practice, but after that they will meet in the afternoon under the direction of Howard Cox. The Varsity, however, will continue practice in the evening until after the Yale football, game when Coach Fesler's gridiron duties come...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Basketballers Report for First Practice of Season | 11/5/1938 | See Source »

This is unfortunate. Harvard should not underestimate the importance of meteorology in business, science, and everyday life. In aviation, where the factor of safety plays such a large part, the greatest variable is the weather; and until technical instruments are radically improved, men and planes will surely come to grief. The weather is a basic factor in the creation of what is euphemistically known as the national dividend. It can harass a farmer, make or break his harvest; it can ruin an otherwise good haul of fishermen, or wash out incredibly expensive roadways. All this destruction could be mitigated with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOOD-OLD-DAYS POLICY | 11/4/1938 | See Source »

...Goldstein, Clinical Professor of Neurology at Columbia University, has come here to deliver a series of talks as William James Lecturer on Philosophy and Psychology...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Goldstein of Columbia Will Discuss "Meaning of Words" | 11/3/1938 | See Source »

Peak sales come on football week-ends, with alumni and transients doing much of the buying. Local liquor men are peeved that the Yale game is away this year. They count on old Eli to kick in with plenty. As for which Houses are the biggest consumers of bottled sunshine, no one seems to know. "They all buy plenty," said one old-timer. "Adams, Lowell, Leverett, Wigglesworth, Adams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Men Like Scotch, Rum Best, Local Liquor Men State | 11/3/1938 | See Source »

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