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Word: crosses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Cock Pit, however, is really a lateral book. It deals with a cross section of society, with the relations of individuals in that cross section. Mr. Cozzens pretends that this is not so--he furnishes a plot, and a rather melodramatic plot--but it, is really unessential. The longitudinal, progressive element in the book is insignificant, and the plot loses its claim to conviction in the happy ending, when Don Miguel, the omnipotent and implacable dictator, presents the heroine with some of Queen Isabella's jewels, in admiration of the really remarkable way in which she has thwarted his best...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fiction | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

Score--Harvard, 30; Springfield, 0. Touch-downs--French 2, Guarnaccia, Batchelder, Goals after touchdowns--E. Putnam 2, Gilligan. Field goal--Gilligan. Referee--W. T. Halloran, Providence. Umpire-T. J. McCabe, Holy Cross. Linesman--A. B. Maginnes, Lehigh. Field Judge--A. R. Dorman, Columbia. Time--12 minute quarters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Combinations of Equal Strength Gain 23 First Downs--37 Players See Action Against Springfield | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

...Oshkosh, Wis., Theodore Borutski, onetime German soldier, owner of an iron cross, stated that he wished to change his last name to Roosevelt. Not in honor of famed Theodore Roosevelt: Theodore Borutski wished his name to be Quentin Roosevelt in honor of the son of famed Theodore Roosevelt, aviator who was killed by Germans in France. To France, Theodore Borutski wished to send his iron cross that it might be laid together with a wreath upon the grave of Quentin Roosevelt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Oct. 8, 1928 | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

...order of their excellence: The New Moon, Good Boy, Earl Carroll's Vanities, Cross My Heart, Luckee Girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Best Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 8, 1928 | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

Another announcement which the Athletic Committee has to make concerning Freshman cross country is the appointment of M. S. P. Pollard '31 of Lincoln as manager of the Freshman team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHANGE IN SCHEDULES ANNOUNCED BY H. A. A. | 10/4/1928 | See Source »

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