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Word: floor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...above the regular Navy appropriation of $500,000,000, popular forums-from village stores to the U. S. Senate-have resounded with debate. Why does the U. S. need a bigger Navy? What kind of Navy should it be? Last week new verbal ammunition was discharged on the floor of Congress and in the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Big Navy Battle | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

...giants (besides two now building and two provided for in the 1939 appropriations), and by opposing them Maury Maverick, leader of the pro-Roosevelt left-wing bloc, showed his independence. His distaste for both the Naval and recession policies of the Administration he summed up on the floor of the House, saying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Big Navy Battle | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

...shape at the height of the season both teams should turn in even better performances than last week on the bigger armory floor. Extra stands have been installed in the anticipation of a large crowd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Favored Polo Trio to Face Elis in Second Series Tilt | 3/5/1938 | See Source »

When it takes the floor, the Adams five will have Hubert Hauck and Donald Gordon at the forward spots. Bill Calfee at the pivot post, and Max Manker and Roger Pierce in the backcourt. Big guns of the Hybrid attack are Bill Moody, Al Wilson, Varsity halfback, and Captain Jim Gillies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Goldcoast Hoopmen Face Yale College Champions Here Today | 3/4/1938 | See Source »

Like Adams, the Davenport hoopmen have mopped up the floor with their rivals. Which, say the Goldcoasters, means nothing. On Wednesday the Adams machine, with only one substitute, was edged by the Yardlings by a on point margin, despite Flash Hauck's 15 points. Final standings in inter-House squash: League A Won Lost Dunster 21 9 Eliot 19 10 Lowell 19 11 Adams 17 13 Winthrop 12 18 Leverett 10 20 Kirkland 6 23 League C Won Lost Adams 22 8 Eliot 20 10 Lowell 18 12 Dunster 14 16 Winthrop 14 16 Leverett 13 17 Kirkland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Goldcoast Hoopmen Face Yale College Champions Here Today | 3/4/1938 | See Source »

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