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Word: facings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...York," he said with a sigh and a rapt look in his face. "I'll say it's a good town. Wish I could get down there. But there is one trouble with New York. There's so much competition. It's terrible. There ought to be a law against...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bootlegger Describes Interesting Incidents of a Very Adventurous and Hazardous Trade | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

This news will be a great relief to undergraduates who had visions yesterday of a gridiron covered with snow, and a mass of soggy turf tomorrow on which the Crimson would face the Bulldogs in the classic game of the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STADIUM TURF PROTECTED FROM SNOW BY TARPAULINS | 11/22/1929 | See Source »

...Prince Umberto of Italy riding in a Brussels street at the moment when an anti-Fascist took a shot at him (TIME, Nov. 4). You heard the shot, saw the crowd swerve to pounce on the assassin. You saw the young Prince, his face tight as a drum, proceed to lay a wreath on a monument as though nothing had happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newsreel Theatre | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

...first bill was a sound picture, made as an experiment by the Philadelphia Police Department, of a murderer, one William E. Peters, confessing his crime. With a tired, unshaven face and worn, disordered clothes pulled and stretched by fierce handling in the patrol wagon, Peters told slowly about going to his girl's home, following her upstairs, quarreling with her, shooting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newsreel Theatre | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

...crowd with his brilliant 83-yard run back of, Harvard's kick-off. His team scored from the 3-yard line as a result of his efforts. Harvard on the other hand, was within short striking distance of the Holy Cross goal line twice, when the attack stalled in face of the determined defense of the opposing forwards. The Crimson had plenty of power, but it was often sluggish and blundering. It lacked a reliable ground-gaining play, such as the Purple off-tackle thrust, to deliver the scoring punch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUPERIOR POWER DOWNS CRUSADERS IN DRAB CONTEST | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

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