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Word: crosse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Double-Cross. Following these wholesale arrests, the fruit of a year and more of sleuthing by the French police, the Spanish Government expressed its gratitude and its relief at this nipping of the plot upon French soil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Plot, Pounce | 11/15/1926 | See Source »

...Preach damnation!" Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin was emphatic. He was quoting "General" William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army: "The best preaching is damnation with the Cross in the midst of it." Dr. Coffin was addressing the students of Union Theological Seminary at the opening of the present school year. Regarded by Fundamentalists as their friendly but most effective enemy, Dr. Coffin is proud to make the historic phrases of an ageless Christianity his own. The Cross has always been in the midst of his preaching. High in his Manhattan Church suspended has been an object rarely found in evangelical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Protagonist | 11/15/1926 | See Source »

Rickenbacker. Edward Vernon ("Eddie") Rickenbacker, War aviator, motor maker, might have said last week: "Before the War I was a champion auto-racer. During the War I was credited with 25 air victories, won the Distinguished Service Cross with nine palms, the Croix de Guerre with four palms and a Legion of Honor membership. After the War I capitalized my fame by organizing the Rickenbacker Motor Co. in Detroit. My concern has just been forced into 'friendly' receivership to conserve assets for creditors. We have orders for 900 cars on hand and sufficient inventory to insure favorable results...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Business Notes, Nov. 15, 1926 | 11/15/1926 | See Source »

Americana, lolanthe, Katja, Countess Maritza, Scandals, Queen High, Criss Cross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Nov. 15, 1926 | 11/15/1926 | See Source »

...other games the Crimson eleven conquered Worcester Academy 22 to 0 and the Holy Cross Freshmen by 14 to 0. Yale has overcome Roxbury School 13-7, and the Princeton Freshmen 10 to 7, but was buried by Lake Forest, undefeated in three years, under an 18 to 0 count...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ODDS EVEN AS CRIMSON FRESHMEN INVADE YALE | 11/13/1926 | See Source »

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