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Word: crosse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hold the easy pickings of bootlegging, the U. S. underworld went to war. It was an internecine affair of ambush and the double cross. Along Jersey highways from the shore, where rum runners landed their cargoes, runners and highjackers fought it out in the night. In New York City, men were shot discreetly in basement saloons. In Detroit and St. Louis, guns banged on street corners, men died at high noon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Hoodlum | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...obvious menace to Belgium, was believed last week to have led King Leopold to tell Queen Wilhelmina that if the Germans invaded her land, his troops would have to occupy her southeastern corner to meet them. Also, it was understood, he would invite the British and French to cross Belgium to back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: General Dike | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...Three Champions Cornell 17, Dartmouth 18 Power and class will tell Penn. State 13, Army 7 Improving every week Tulane 21, Columbia 0 Second best team in Dixie Minnesota 14, Iowa 6 Minnesota, we Go-pher you Northwestern 14, Notre Dame 0 "Go you Northwestern" Carnegie Tech 7, Holy Cross 0 Tech is overdue Michigan 20, Penn 6 Wolverines on the rebound Boston College 20, Boston U. 7 No trouble for Eagles Villanova 14, Temple 0 Not much chance for upset here Amherst 14, Williams 12 Bennington votes for Amherst Alabama 13, Georgia Tech 7 "I'm a ramblin'' wrock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL SCORES FOR TODAY'S GAMES | 11/18/1939 | See Source »

Last Friday the Hygiene Building witnessed an influx of famous medical men meeting to discuss the Grant Study. This psychological, biological, and sociological survey has been in progress for over a year in an attempt to discover the motivating forces of a cross-section of normal college students. Although the Study has been pooh-poohed by students, questioned by some of the faculty, the verdict of the distinguished assembly gave professional blessing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GRANT STUDY | 11/16/1939 | See Source »

...these debates the Oregon system, a new idea that has not been tried before, was used, and, "proved itself to be very satisfactory," House debating authorities said last night. The main characteristic of the system is that cross examination is used instead of the usual speech making...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eight Houses Participate in Second Debate of Season | 11/15/1939 | See Source »

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