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Word: crushings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bright young men in a growing crush...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VERSATILE DEAN | 3/13/1937 | See Source »

...last few days before the Jubilee, citizens of Hyderabad had obeyed the Nizam's injunction not to waste money on decorations, but at the last minute strings of electric lights were invested in by many householders. Taxi drivers contributed to the excitement by going on strike. In the crush of arriving guests were the Empire's No. 1 Mixed Couple: creamy onetime Mrs. Thomas Loel Guinness, formerly of the "British Beerage" and her present burnt-almond husband, the Prince Aly Shah Khan, son & heir of the famed Aga Khan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HYDERABAD: Silver Jubilee Durbar | 2/22/1937 | See Source »

...Europe today, standers for Democracy have become a subway crush in which everyone gets on the other's feet. Great Democrat Adolf Hitler recently described Germany as ''the perfect Democracy." Great Democrat Joseph Stalin recently gave his Soviet Union what he called "The Most Democratic Constitution in the World," then riveted his dictatorship tighter by the shooting of 13 Old Bolsheviks (TIME, Feb. 8 et ante...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN-ITALY: Where They Stand | 2/15/1937 | See Source »

This will be the third league game for the Feslermen who lost their opener to Penn 34-41 only to crush Cornell 54-40 just before the Christmas recess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tough Opposition Seen As Princeton Hoop Tilt Nears | 1/8/1937 | See Source »

Machine-minded LaFollette has, apparently, decided to crush all vestiges of individual liberalism within his state. The conflict with President Glenn Frank of the University of Wisconsin destroys what favorable connotations the label "progressive" may still have in the minds of balanced thinkers. Fragmentary reports indicate the resemblance of this clash to some of Governor Curley's ridiculous excesses on Beacon Hill. Dominated by LaFollette appointees, the Board of Regents has been summoned to dismiss President Frank. The Governor and his adherents, it is said are worried about radicalism at the University. A five man investigating committee has suggested that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOUL PLAY IN WISCONSIN | 12/15/1936 | See Source »

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