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Word: fours (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Four hundred Republicans in Boston loudly applauded the President's No. 6 Man. But in Washington there was no applause. The speech made raw nerves rawer, set Senators and observers to wondering if President Hoover, through his No. 6 Man, had attempted to start a backfire of popular resentment against the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: No. 6 Man | 6/10/1929 | See Source »

Chief advocates of reapportionment were: Senator Hiram Warren Johnson of California (which stands to gain six House seats); Senator Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg of Michigan (which stands to gain four seats). Futile filibusters against reapportionment, were Senators Harrison of Mississippi (which stands to lose two seats); Black of Alabama and Swanson of Virginia (their states would lose one seat each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Old Twins | 6/10/1929 | See Source »

...second Harvard crew went down the four-mile course at a stroke of 26 just before the University boat had its trial. No time was taken for this shell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DICKEY MOVES UP INTO FIRST SHELL | 6/7/1929 | See Source »

Great emphasis has been put on the latitude which the divisional plan allows a man; a mediocre student may develop in four years to the point where he may prove, at the end, that he is worthy of a degree with honors. In order that the award of degrees may be faithful to this theory, which is a sound one, it seems unjust that such a man should miss the prize he has earned because of a slip in perhaps, his sophomore year, when he was not yet of honors calibre. As long as, a senior's course record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RECESSIONAL | 6/7/1929 | See Source »

...Harvard men have qualified for the final competition of the American Academy at Rome which results in the award of the Rome Prize, a three year fellowship in Landscape Architecture at the Academy in Rome, representing $7,500. Four men qualified for the finals. The Harvard contestants, who are preparing their final drawings in Robinson Hall under the supervision of Professor B. W. Pond '11, Chairman of the School of Landscape Architecture, are H. J. Hanson 2L.A., and T. D. Price, who graduated from the School of Landscape Architecture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO HARVARD MEN ENTER FINALS FOR ROME PRIZE | 6/7/1929 | See Source »

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