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Word: fairly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...competition is judged chiefly on the initiative and capabilities of the competitors, and since it is judged by the four Sophomores with the collaboration of the upper managers, it is certainly fair...

Author: By Walter H. Page, | Title: Competition for Manager of Freshman Football Team Opens on Wednesday | 9/26/1936 | See Source »

Many famous alumni returned to Cambridge for the Tercentenary, but one who bids fair to have his name remembered longer by Harvard posterity than any other was John Brice Gordon Rinehart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: John B. G. Rinehart '00 Claims to Be Original Rinehart of Famous Cry---Tells How It Began | 9/25/1936 | See Source »

Just before the final singing of "Fair Harvard," President Conant made the adjournment until the year 2036. Praising Jerome D. Greene '96 for his gigantic and successful organization of the Tercentenary proceedings, he went on to quote once more President Quincy's prophecy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RAIN DRIVES FINAL CEREMONY TO SANDERS | 9/25/1936 | See Source »

...Calling, contrary to the notions of most city folk, is a practical necessity on farms, only becomes a standard sport at fairs throughout the U. S. Hog-callers make a noise whose nearest printable equivalent is "Su-ee Su-ee Su-ee-Pig-ee Pig-ee Pig-ee." If done properly, it proceeds from the diaphragm and, like "squealing up,", does not tax the vocal cords. At the Michigan State Fair in Detroit last week, champion hog-caller was Pete Hellner of Washtenaw County. Champion in husband-calling, rude distaff equivalent of hog-calling, was loud Margaret Droope of Oakland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Variations | 9/21/1936 | See Source »

...cash on hand was less than half what would be necessary to meet obligations of $1,438,000 due in 1935. Baldwin's tall, impassive President George Harrison Houston said conditions were not likely to improve enough to make the reorganization unnecessary. The plan was declared "fair & equitable" by a special master last December...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Brady, Baldwin & Boom | 9/21/1936 | See Source »

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