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Word: downes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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6) You say that "as a member of the Censorship Board, Mr. Hyde-Creel had plenty of authority to crack down on the press." The Board of which I was a member had nothing whatsoever to do with the press, but was concerned entirely with censorship of the mails. I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 20, 1939 | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

I have heard this story five times in different parts of New England. Yesterday I read in the latest copy of The New Yorker-from the letter from Paris-the following: ". . . A gipsy woman got into an autobus and sat down next to a Parisienne who moved her handbag out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 20, 1939 | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

While the heroics of the last scene are enough to make any present-day cynic writhe, it cannot be denied that Mr. Anderson throws down the gauntlet with conviction and carries the waning torch of idealism high and haughtily. As such, the play warrants consideration from cynics and believers alike...

Author: By W. E. H., | Title: The Playgoer | 11/18/1939 | See Source »

Winthrop's gridders went down to defeat for the first time this year yesterday afternoon at the hands of a strong Timothy Dwight eleven, 19 to 7. The game was the annual encounter between the champions of the Inter-House and the Yale Inter-College leagues, and was held this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE COLLEGE WINNER BEATS WINTHROP 19-7 | 11/18/1939 | See Source »

Winthrop rallied in the closing minutes of the game, and the final whistle saw the Big Red team far down in Prexy territory, but a stubborn Timothy Dwight defense, headed by Chaney, pope, Trudeau, and Johnson, prevented them from scoring.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE COLLEGE WINNER BEATS WINTHROP 19-7 | 11/18/1939 | See Source »

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