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Word: contestant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most heartless science can acquit humanity of guilt in the destruction of its noblest attainments. And still the nations, without even the wisdom of a burnt child, rush to heap ever higher their piles of weapons, that they know must inevitably, unless some power can stop the insane contest, fall upon them and bury them once more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AND MARS GLOATS | 3/10/1928 | See Source »

...Sophomores overwhelmed the Freshmen, 45 to 16, in a scheduled interclass basketball league game yesterday afternoon at Hemenway Gymnasium. The contest was one sided from the start, with the second year players holding the upper hand throughout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sophomore Quintet Triumphs | 3/10/1928 | See Source »

This competition is open to all members of the Freshman class, regardless of whether or not they were competitors last fall. In this contest everyone will be on an equal basis including those men who placed last fall. It will last only three weeks, with office duties and work at the field forming the bulk of the activities. The purpose of the competition is to enable the University managers to select students to compete next fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1931 Football Managers Called | 3/9/1928 | See Source »

...boards by a triumphal burst as friends acclaimed in Mr. Goodwin the next Governor of Massachusetts. He neither accepted nor vetoed the proposition definitely; but he hinted at favor if the people so willed. No astrologer is needed to prophesy that Goodwin vs. Fuller will be the main contest at the Republican primaries this fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BATTLE OF BEACON HILL | 3/9/1928 | See Source »

...entrants for the contest, open to all members of the University, must sign up in the blue book at Hemenway Gymnasium by March 23. Each man, it was also announced, will be given a physical examination before his first bout. The classes open are as follows: 115 pound class, 125 pound class, 135 pound class, 160 pound class, 175 pound class, and the unlimited class. In previous years the 135 pound class has drawn the largest number...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY BOXERS TO DON GLOVES MARCH 26 | 3/9/1928 | See Source »

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