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Word: donning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Don't you sometimes wonder what the "townies" think of Harvard students? Or perhaps you don't know what a "townie" is. The definition is very simple; it's nothing you have to work on until 9 o'clock on Saturday nights. It's merely a native of Cambridge, in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 3/25/1939 | See Source »

"I don't think you can teach anybody to write; the only possible way to learn is through experience--most young writers don't know enough about life," he said.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J. P. Marquand, Boston Satirist, Found How Culture Feels While at Harvard | 3/24/1939 | See Source »

Of his own work, which has been compared to Thackeray's by Clifton "Information Please" Fadiman of the New Yorker, Marquand said, "The awful thing in writing in to take yourself too seriously. I don't want ever to feel I'm a great writer I want to be only...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J. P. Marquand, Boston Satirist, Found How Culture Feels While at Harvard | 3/24/1939 | See Source »

Larry Clinton and his Dipsy Doodlers played a one nighter at the Roseland Tuesday. All that can be done about it is to wave one leg feebly in the air and pray that the invasion won't come again. If there is one thing that can arouse good musicians from...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 3/24/1939 | See Source »

No matter how varied her roles, Clandette Colbert gilds them with her own delightful personality and carries a Midas-touch of success. Despite its title, "Midnight" takes her from moonlight romance to a light-hearted Paris where she can romp with royalty but feel more at home with taxi-drivers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/24/1939 | See Source »

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