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Word: downes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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In getting down to the bed-rock of national consciousness Professor Fay can be of the greatest service to those who are working in the cause of world peace.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: .... RERUM COGNOSCERE CAUSAS | 11/9/1929 | See Source »

Play starts from a kickoff, much as in our game. Tackling is the same, but more often on frozen ground, and as noted previously, there is no padding to break the fall. After the ball is down, eight men of each side lock arms, in a close formation or "pack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Rhodes Scholar Compares Rugby Football With American Game--Declares English Sport Equally Exciting | 11/8/1929 | See Source »

If a player is able, he reaches in the air and bats it to one of his backs, but usually he must be content with getting it down at his feet and commencing a dribble. The defense against an opposing team rushing down the field with a foot dribble is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Rhodes Scholar Compares Rugby Football With American Game--Declares English Sport Equally Exciting | 11/8/1929 | See Source »

Campaigning. "I have probably heard The Sidewalks of New York one million times, all over the Atlantic seaboard, through the South, the Middle West and in Butte, Montana. ... I spoke at Oklahoma City on religious tolerance. Listeners in on the radio were particularly disturbed because of the noises in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Politics and Sprigs | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

It seems reasonable that now, while the subject of remedying the defects of the stadium is still fresh, the stairs that lead down from the colonnade seats back of the stadium should show likewise in the improvements. As the afternoons become shorter the passage is completely dark before the close...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHERE WAS MOSES? | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

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