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Word: copse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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"Up to the Union it would go, with a crashing crescendo that defied the Yard cops, defied forbidding old Sever defied President Lowell himself if said be, and into the living room it would pour, followed by a tidal wave of students..."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 11/22/1928 | See Source »

While the city sleeps, the cops play pinochle in the assembly room and gangsters croak a jeweler on East 37th Street, Manhattan. On the trail of "Mile-Away" Healey, undertaker, suspected murderer, gang-leader, move the swollen feet of Detective Chancy. His face, which successfully suggests the face of an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Oct. 29, 1928 | 10/29/1928 | See Source »

The active political season at Harvard will be launched definitely this week with a rally and parade sponsored by the Harvard King George for President Club. According to "Number Ten," leader of the organization, when interviewed in the club's offices in Hollis 16, the motive spirit of this group...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: King George-for-President Party Plans Active Week for Promulgation of Policies-Promises Free Spirits for All | 10/15/1928 | See Source »

It is 26 miles, 385 yards from the doorstep of the New York Athletic Club, Manhattan, to the City Hall in Long Beach, Long Island. The road lies through the city and over a bridge and through a suburban district crowded with automobiles, trucks, delivery wagons, boys on bicycles, people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ray | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

In Staunton, Va., six cops made a bet with six reverend preachers. Police against preachers would play volleyball. If the police won, the preachermen would go to jail for an hour. If the preachers won, the cops would go to church the next Sunday and stay for the sermon. ... On...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Records: May 14, 1928 | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

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