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Word: couldn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dove Scotch Tune (Soloist: Hunter H. Comly, '41) More Was Lost at Mohacs Field Hungarian Folk Song Yale Brothers, Sing On Grieg Yale and Harvard American Folk Songs (a) Ain't Dat Good News? (Spiritual) arr. by William Dawson (b) Soon One Morning (Spiritual) arr. by Marshal Bartholomew (c) Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray (Spiritual) (Soloist: M.D. Stafford, '40) (d) Cindy (Carolina Fiddle Tune) arr. by Arthur Hall Football Medley Yale Two American Folk Songs (a) Casey Jones arr. by Edward B. Lawton, Jr., '34 (b) The Old Maid's song arr. by Howard Brockway (Soloist: H.M. Rainie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GLEE CLUB WILL JOIN ELI SINGERS TONIGHT FOR PREGAME CONCERT | 11/24/1939 | See Source »

...managed to get in on every business as it was finishing, and made a total of $4 among them." After leaving high school, George started studying law because it seemed a good way to put off working for several years. But after three months he quit, because he couldn't make heads or tails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Past Master | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...Harlem's Savoy, if not the London Savoy, he promptly repents his sins and returns to the original G. & S. script for a while. Heaven forbid that any criticism should be smeared on the original, but it did sound pretty dull. It's too bad that Mr. Todd couldn't bury his conscience deep enough to let Charles Cook, his arranger, swing the whole score instead of just throwing in a jam session here and there...

Author: By W. E. H., | Title: The Playgoer | 11/8/1939 | See Source »

Sometimes, when he can't remember his lines, he delivers an address on how embarrassing it is to lose your memory. Once, unable to stand up, he played all through the show sitting down. Another time, when he couldn't even issue from dressing room to stage, he said: "Get me a wheel chair, I'll play Lionel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Scotch Mist | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

...belittles his own talents, bends over backward to praise his teammates. After he scored all 27 points in the Iowa game three weeks ago, he said: "Anybody could have done it with that Evashevski [200-pounder who once said he didn't want to-play football if he couldn't "crack 'em"] and those others in there blocking like that. They don't make them any better than that Evashevski...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Midwestern Front | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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