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Word: fines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...regrets that it has nothing to offer, other than rooms which overlook all the gilded spires of the town, and which are within earshot of the aforementioned wells. The lack of architectural elegance, however, is more than compensated for the group of congenial undergraduates who live in the two fine Georgian buildings, Gore and Standish Halls. It is generally believed that lack of cerise of mauve colored tower has helped to poster the democratic make-up of the House. Instead of referring to Winthrop in the House with the "so-and-so" colored dome, the House has come...

Author: By Chester A. Macarthur, CHAIRMAN, WINTHROP HOUSE COMMITTEE | Title: Winthrop Described for Prospective House Inhabitants in Fifth Special Article On Different Dormitory Blessings | 3/23/1937 | See Source »

...those members of the Class of 1940 who reluctantly leave the fine pool room in the Union, Winthrop presents an appeal in the form of a game room, which in addition to the inevitable ping-pong table, boasts a pool table (one, count 'em, one.) It is true, that the present cues are in various states of degeneration, but there is a movement on foot to replace these with new ones, and when the time comes for the members of the Class of '40 to descend upon the Houses, this department ought to be in ship shape...

Author: By Chester A. Macarthur, CHAIRMAN, WINTHROP HOUSE COMMITTEE | Title: Winthrop Described for Prospective House Inhabitants in Fifth Special Article On Different Dormitory Blessings | 3/23/1937 | See Source »

...geographical locations are concerned, Winthrop has perhaps the most desirable position along the Charles. This becomes quite an attractive feature when you consider the number of wherries that capsize in front of your door of a fine afternoon; not to mention the intricate manoeuvres of the lads and lasses of Cambridge as they tandem along the river walk...

Author: By Chester A. Macarthur, CHAIRMAN, WINTHROP HOUSE COMMITTEE | Title: Winthrop Described for Prospective House Inhabitants in Fifth Special Article On Different Dormitory Blessings | 3/23/1937 | See Source »

...discharge books. Last week he refused to renew the injunction. The disappointed seamen had small consolation in the Bland Bill, passed by the House last week as a compromise measure, giving sailors a choice of "fink books" or scarcely less revelatory "certificates of identification." Provided, however, was a fine of $1,000 or a year in jail for anyone attempting to blacklist holders of either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Weaver Out | 3/22/1937 | See Source »

Sentenced. Dr. Francis E. ("The Plan'') Townsend, 69, to 30 days in jail, $100 fine; for contempt of the U. S. House (TIME, June 8); in Washington's Federal District Court; in Washington. Appealing the sentence, the old pensioner cried: "My crackpot idea . . . will save America from economic serfdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 22, 1937 | 3/22/1937 | See Source »

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