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Word: fairs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Suddenly, as he sat in the cockpit, whole scenes of serious sailing lived before him, scenes of the sea that gives New England its character. He saw the shores of the Kennebee River, a wild, fair stream, where the rocks jut right down to the water's edge, and trees, native pines, overhang the channel. Indians, the old Abenakis, paddled this stream in their canoes long before white men came with sloops and schooners, and all the modern devices for safety on the waters. He saw the waterfront of Portland, a city set on an hill, and a commercial center...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 10/4/1937 | See Source »

...table when Gladys, the maid (Moya Nugent), is found crying near the sausages and Frankie reports she saw Claude coming out of the girl's room. Two acts and a fortnight later, just in time for the arrival of much-discussed and dreaded guests, the domestic weather settles fair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Curtain Up | 10/4/1937 | See Source »

...Saxler's roommate, Herbert McCutchio Wilton said that Saxler could not be trusted in his statements. Said Wilton, who beasts an English accent he modestly calls "New York," and who lives in Kansas City, Missouri: "Being a life long friend of Black's, August really isn't quite a fair judge of the matter. However, he has convinced me that in this one instance he is right. We had a quite a long debate on the matter at the dinner table, and though some of his remarks were like a ship ghosting through the fog so was Black's silence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Saxler Is Sure Black Innocent As Cross Terrorizes Pioneers | 10/1/1937 | See Source »

Opening gun of what bids fair to be he biggest and best year of House sports was fired yesterday afternoon when Adolph W. Samborski, director of Intramural Athletics, called the first meeting of the eight House secretaries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SAMBORSKI MEETS WITH 8 HOUSE SECRETARIES | 9/28/1937 | See Source »

More sterilizers have been put in Stillman, and others have been rearranged. Equipment similar to modern hospitals has thus been installed and bids fair to increase the efficiency of the hospital considerably...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STILLMAN REVAMPED FOR BEGINNING OF A NEW HARVARD YEAR | 9/27/1937 | See Source »

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