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Word: fighting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Public utilities were an avenue into which private capital could flow, he said. Now that the TVA fight was over, this avenue was open again. Not without sarcasm, but still reassuringly, Harry Hopkins added: "There has been no indication that government wishes to own and operate all the utilities of this country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Restoration in Iowa | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

Then at 5:45 the Crimson sextet was back in the fight when Joe Willetts made it two-all with a weak shot from center ice that somehow slipped through Wes Goding's legs. Dartmouth dominated the play in the last canto, with Dave Walsh adding to a brilliant evening with two goals, one at 14; 12 and 17:30, the latter scored when both Charlie Houghton and Warren Jameson were doing time in the penalty...

Author: By Mel WAX--DAILY Dartmouth, (SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Mermen Trim Indians as Pucksters and Cagers Lose | 3/2/1939 | See Source »

...over twelve hundred years. Deplorable as may be the persecution of the Jews in several European countries, the need for a haven of refuge is no excuse for them to oust a Moslem population of twice their number. One cannot help but sympathize with these desert dwellers in their fight against inundation by a flood of alien settlers, who have a diametrically opposed philosophy of life. Even if no displacement of population is intended, a minority of less than one-third of the inhabitants should not expect to exercise governmental control...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAND OF MILK AND HONEY | 3/1/1939 | See Source »

...Marquis had not finished the novel before his death. He intended to have Jack break away go to New York, and perhaps to Europe to fight in the World War. When Don Marquis tried to follow Jack from Hazelton to New York, he was beaten. He could not go on, for to break away from Hazelton society in the last few chapters would certainly not be wholly satisfactory. "Sons of the Puritans", as it stands now, is more than satisfactory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bookshelf | 3/1/1939 | See Source »

...standing, in spite of recent reports--was converted from a dining hall to an examination chamber, graduate students have been in need of an acceptable substitute. Restaurants about the Square have served as a sort of stop-gap, and so prospered under the arrangement that they were ready to fight even the small student cooperative which is now safely located in Andover Hall. Their fight, which probably included pressure on the Cambridge Savings Bank to deny an important lease, was unsuccessful, and today the cooperative is clear evidence that the problem can be solved...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COME AND GET IT | 2/28/1939 | See Source »

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