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Word: drives (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wings, worked smoothly in combination and outskated the Northerners with the exception of St. Germain, flashy McGill wing. Scott, who replaced Chase at the pivot position during part of the game, turned in some brilliant dashes and scored in the first period after a long carry, with a hard drive through Murphy, the McGill goal keep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEXTET LOSES CLOSE DECISION TO McGILL | 1/4/1926 | See Source »

Checks have been pouring in and reservations are rapidly being made on homesites along stately "Mathewson Drive," named after my old friend "Christy" Mathewson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Shrewd | 12/21/1925 | See Source »

...Harvard Fund is to be perpetual in nature and is not to be associated with the idea of a single "campaign" or "drive" for alumni contributions, it was made clear by the officers of the Council. There will be no set quota and a large number of small contributors rather than a small number of large contributors is the purpose of this fund. By this arrangement it is presumed that the fund will present an opportunity and means whereby alumni may yearly express in proportionate measure their obligation and loyalty to Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW PERMANENT FUND HEADED BY ELLIOTT | 12/11/1925 | See Source »

...known to have bought pearls of great price, to have contributed staunchly to this and that, but never, like members of the other Straus family, has he been a public character. The place of honor accorded to him and the responsibility he assumed in last week's drive indicate that another and a different Straus* will soon become a household name. He is still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: 4001335 | 11/30/1925 | See Source »

...with echoes of the shooting at Bull Run, whose Bible is a shotgun, whose primer is a bottle and who believe in Santa Claus. Last week Vanderbilt University (in Nashville) made an announcement which somewhat corrected this impression. Trustees and alumni, having completed their semicentennial celebration, started a nationwide drive to raise $4,000,000 for the department of science. Said Chancellor James H. Kirkland: "Vanderbilt's answer to the episode at Dayton is the building of new laboratories for the teaching of science...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: In Tennessee | 11/30/1925 | See Source »

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