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Word: descendants (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...about this time of the year that the University authorities begin to wonder about the amount of spare window glass in and around New Haven. As the temperature descends, so, sooner or later, the snow is bound to descend with it. And THEN snowballs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 1/6/1922 | See Source »

...might work great benefits in the undergraduate ranks. But any aspiring author who would disclose the mysteries of officialdom must prepare to go down to the future all unheralded and unsung. For the fame of suspicion would, upon the appearance of such a book, most certainly pass by and descend with a gentle thud upon the long-suffering shoulders of Terry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "MIRRORS OF U-4" | 9/24/1921 | See Source »

...barbaric tit for tat doctrine. That England is justified in her actions has nothing to do with the value of a system. Nor is she justified in shirking her responsibility as to maintaining justice. It is anything but a credit to England that her police should have to descend to the level of reprisals; as an administration of justice the method in itself marks it; failure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REPRISALS | 11/5/1920 | See Source »

...required at least a surface knowledge of the Freudian explorations to write this play, and playgoers with a bit of that knowledge will have the time of their lives as it unfolds. It is true that the Freudian playgoer lies in wait for the slightest lurking excuse to descend into the sub-conscious--discovering clues and symptoms of which playwright, producer and players are blissfully unaware. He sees an inhibition at every turn, and with the slightest encouragement would talk about the Psycho-Anabasis of Xenophon. But "Mamma's Affair' really invites his special attention...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW YORK CRITICS GREET MOROSCO PRIZE PLAY, "MAMMA'S AFFAIR," WITH UNBRIDLED PRAISE | 1/24/1920 | See Source »

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