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Word: elephantic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Receiver Hummel granted the Hamilton's 46 resident members until the end of the month to vacate. Most puzzling problem of Manager B. E. O'Grady was what to do with a stuffed seated elephant, borrowed from the late President Lucius G. Fisher of the defunct Elephant Paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: End of Hamilton | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

Ten years ago Dr. Clinton Joseph Davisson and his associates at Manhattan's Bell Telephone Laboratories were performing an experiment something like a blind man's investigation of an elephant by the sense of touch. In this case the elephant was a beam of invisible electrons. When Albert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Four Prizes | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

Eliot encountered surprisingly stiff opposition from the hapless Dunsterites, but superior Elephant power, plus the spectacular play of halfback Ashley Trope, told the story.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: With Championship Clinched Kirkland Loses to Puritans 7-0; Elephants Trounce Dunster 14-0 | 11/9/1937 | See Source »

After tossing an aerial to halfback Bill Oates to set up the score. Trope jaunted around end for a t. down. In the third period Trope passed to Carter "Slugger" White, Elephant captain and fullback, and the latter ran 40 yards to the money. Trope converted via the dropkick route...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: With Championship Clinched Kirkland Loses to Puritans 7-0; Elephants Trounce Dunster 14-0 | 11/9/1937 | See Source »

Before the game the Kirkland band attempted to discourage the Eliot boys by marching right into the Merrimanland court. When they tried to march out toward the field, however, they found that an unidentified Elephant had barred the gate. There was confusion.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News from the Houses | 11/5/1937 | See Source »

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