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Word: drives (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...black shroud was Clerk Cloe Mitchell. From a Rogers doctor he had borrowed skull and arm bones and at least for a time after passing Spectre Mitchell, motorists, particularly colored ones, slowed down. Declared State Police Superintendent Albright: "Statues of the Grim Reaper on highways would cause motorists to drive with caution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Rogers' Reaper | 9/27/1937 | See Source »

...steady year-round season, they have attracted a number of standard-racing drivers, most notable of whom is Lou Schneider, who won at Indianapolis in 1931. Top-notch drivers average about $750 a week. Most of the rest average $125. Few can now afford to own the cars they drive. Like his brother, racing what he calls a "big iron" the ''little iron" driver is inordinately susceptible to quirks and superstitions. No driver will paint his car green. No driver likes to catch sight of a customer munching peanuts. No driver will let a woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Doodlebug Derby | 9/27/1937 | See Source »

With cash collections totalling approximately $1700, and pledges of about $1000 received from 100 Freshmen yesterday in Memorial Hall, the Student Council drive for funds was still a good distance behind last year at this time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT COUNCIL DUES TOTAL $2700 FIRST DAY | 9/25/1937 | See Source »

...total amount needed by the Council has been placed at $7800, in order to fill the various quotas already established. Of that total, $1500 is allotted to charities, and $3000 goes to Phillips Brooks House for the support of that organization, and in this way the necessity of another drive for funds by Brooks House is eliminated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT COUNCIL DUES TOTAL $2700 FIRST DAY | 9/25/1937 | See Source »

With Varsity candidates out tomorrow and Freshmen due to report Monday, the 1937 soccer forces plan an early drive in practice for a hoped for banner season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VARSITY SOCCER TEAM OPENS WORK TOMORROW | 9/24/1937 | See Source »

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