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Word: desiree (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Tommy. Playwrights Howard Lindsay and Bertrand Robinson have hit upon an intriguing situation: a boy in love with a girl, the girl in love with him, the wedding bells dumb because the girl's parents also favor the match. Once the hero succeeds in irritating the parents into objecting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Jan. 24, 1927 | 1/24/1927 | See Source »

Wynant D. Hubbard must be credited with an honest desire to get at the root of the Princeton-Harvard break by publishing his article in Liberty, accusing Princeton football teams of "dirty" tactics. He says, "I am writing this article with the sincere belief that it may help to clear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HELL IS PAVED-- | 1/24/1927 | See Source »

A step in that direction was taken by Director of Athletics William J. Bingham when he announced that before the final game with Yale each year other games would not be played as fixtures. Different colleges are to be taken on. But Director Bingham will have to instill enthusiasm into...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football and Education | 1/22/1927 | See Source »

Lying in the cradle at the age of six months, shot-putting is practiced vigorously with managers in the form of nurse-maids judiciously returning the blocks and other impedimenta hurled out of the bed. No sooner is a child able to walk but he has a desire to go...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANYONE CAN BE A TRACK MAN SAYS E. L. FARRELL | 1/21/1927 | See Source »

"The Law School has given," remarked Professor Beale, "and given without hope or desire for return. But, in the present crisis, we can and will ask alumni to do what they can as an earnest expression of their belief in the School.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Graduate Schools | 1/21/1927 | See Source »

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