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Word: dropped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only letterman, is a tall rangy Junior, especially adept at snaring passes in the old Kelley manner, and may be developed into a first-class end if he can overcome his weakness on the defense. Brownie Brinkley, another Senior, played well early last season but was forced to drop football. Al Bartholemy, a Sophomore, and Tom Lussen, another Senior, better noted for his pole-vaulting prowess, are due for plenty of active service...

Author: By William D. Hart jr., | Title: Ducky Pond's Team of Bull Dogs Rated As Minus Quantity at Start of Season | 10/4/1939 | See Source »

...copy first printing of the British Blue Book, including the reports he sent his Government from Berlin from May 28 to Sept. 1, sold like hot cakes in London last week was therefore not hard to find. He had turned in a world scoop, a still-warm drop of the very blood of history, a terrifying picture of how war is born, some penetrating glimpses of Field Marshal Hermann Goring, Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and State Secretary Baron Ernst von Weizsdcker, a modest reflection of Sir Nevile's own shrewdness, courage and humor, and above all a never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blue Book: Legman | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

...Chamberlain" himself, darkly muttering a ditty, who stole the show: I'm Watty the warden from Wandsworth With helmet and gas mask complete. . . . When the bombers on high Drop their gas from the sky I'll waggle my rattle until they pass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: We Haven't Got the Jitters | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

German A and French E still attract about six hundred students who have not passed their language requirement. English A has over one hundred more students this year than last despite the drop in the number of incoming Freshmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Survey Courses Decline in Popularity; Medicine Leads Poll of '43 Professions | 9/30/1939 | See Source »

...Blues", will be at the Minute Man Record Shop on Boylston Street next Wednesday from three to four. Besides having brought his band from mere local fame to a national peak in the space of one year, Woody is a brilliant musician and really knows whereof he speaks. Drop around and get him to tell you why he thinks all good jazz should be built on the blues--it's worth hearing...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 9/30/1939 | See Source »

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