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Word: drawings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Manhattan harbor on the Roma, last week; and out to greet him sailed his good friend Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith of New York on the yacht Saelmo, owned by Shipbuilder William Henry Todd. Because of an extremely active southwest wind and choppy sea the Roma and Saelmo could not draw nigh to one another without danger. Therefore Friends Raskob and Smith were not reunited until some hours later in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comings & Goings: May 21, 1928 | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

...often that one finds a book written purely and frankly with no ulterior motive but to give pleasure to the reader. It is the fashion with contemporary novelists to try to draw a picture of life as they see it, and for the most part they see it--darkly. For the most part, as a result, while their stories may be interesting for any one of a number of reasons, they are not always pleasant...

Author: By H. F. S., | Title: Such Stuff As Dreams. | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

...figures, one for the optimist, the other for the conservative. The first reads eighty points for Harvard, the second fifty-eight and a third. The chances of error here are slight: some-where within these limits, lies the actual victory, as well as the possibilities which tomorrow afternoon will draw hundreds of Crimson and Blue supporters to the Stadium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE DOPE SWEET | 5/18/1928 | See Source »

...Crimson, however, believes that it is representative of a much wider range of student opinion than that expressed by its own membership in desiring a revival of those occasions on which Harvard and Princeton undergraduates are freely thrown in contact with each other. The sources from which both colleges draw their students, the traditions and aims of the colleges themselves are too nearly similar to permit any breach, athletic or otherwise, to be of more than temporary standing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENTENTE CORDIALE | 5/11/1928 | See Source »

...Princetonian held first practice today. President's daughter threw out first ball. Butch Burnham runs bases for Captain Stevens who has not yet recovered from weekend and refuses to throw in farther than second from center field. Burnham elected pitcher by rising vote. Team will draw lots for batting order tonight. Team finished practice stiff but happy. Soft ball will be in good shape for Saturday Insignia box car couchant on field of buckwheat in hoe signo vincet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princetonian Holds First Workout for Saturday's Tilt With Crimson--Optimism Reigns High Among Tiger Stars | 5/9/1928 | See Source »

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