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Word: fourths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...second to Massachusetts, with 7,482 Harvard graduates located in that state. The far West offers both the third heaviest concentration of alumni, and the least dense distribution. California holds 1,929 Harvard men, while Nevada, bordering California on the east, has only 22 Harvard graduates. Pennsylvania is fourth among the states with 1,908 alumni. Illinois and Ohio have 1,690 and 1,652 Harvard men respectively. New Jersey, with 1049 graduates in its confines, is the only remaining state with over 1000 alumni...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fund Figures Show That 10,000 Men of Harvard Have Become 48,000-Massachuset's Claims Third of Alumni | 10/11/1927 | See Source »

...never came down till the Fourth of July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: G. O. Parley | 10/10/1927 | See Source »

Proud Signor Mussolini said, prognosticatingly: "Not the fourth child, but the first of a new series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: New Series | 10/10/1927 | See Source »

...over its middle parts. While the motor functions regularly and the wheels go round obediently, the gears between them demand constant nursing. Before the car can run smoothly, these gears must be coaxed from first speed to second, then to third, and in some makes, even into a fourth forward speed. Before they will yield to coaxing, the clutch must be pushed down and let up, the foot accelerator released and pressed down again and the shift lever wiggled about delicately. In addition to causing heavy wear on the parts, all this diddling is a great nuisance to the driver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Shiftless Auto | 10/10/1927 | See Source »

...University fall tennis tournament is now well under way, with most of the fourth round played off and the original 250-odd entries reduced to about 30, according to R. M. Bennett '28, manager of the tennis team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY AND 1931 BOOTERS TO PLAY TODAY | 10/8/1927 | See Source »

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