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Word: gainful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first of these, a news competition for Sophomores, will open with a meeting in the president's office at the Crimson Building tomorrow night at 7.30 o'clock. This will be the final opportunity afforded members of the Class of 1929 to gain positions on the Board by successfully writing for the news columns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON WILL OPEN TWO COMPETITIONS THIS WEEK | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

...team is by no means definite, as yet, for some of the sophomore, particularly G. H. Umbsen '29 and C. B. H. Hollester '29, show promise and may gain a position before the season is far advanced...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B. U. MEET TO OPEN UNIVERSITY FOILS SEASON FEBRUARY 12 | 2/2/1927 | See Source »

...Reed of Missouri rose. Necks craned in the galleries. Mr. Heflin prepared to receive a Voltairian scorching. Said Mr. Reed: "Mr. President, I do not know that we shall gain anything by prolonging a discussion of this kind. I am sorry it has occurred. So that I may remove all taint of suspicion that I speak from interested motives, I remark that I was born and reared in the Presbyterian faith. . . . I do not propose to interfere with the efforts of the Executive to protect the interests of the United States until and unless it becomes manifest that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democratic Wrangle | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

...defenses could have been made within earshot of those involved. The Crimson has already voiced the opinion that the only judge who is competent to accuse a player or a team of "dirty football" is the referee. Nothing could be more futile, however, than a signed statement after a gain by a referee as proof that the game was clean. The record of practices inflicted during the game is the only record of a referee worthy of consideration. Until the entire matter is definitely closed it is the province of the newspaper, no less the Crimson, to print charges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "--THAT'S FIT TO PRINT" | 1/28/1927 | See Source »

...first few minutes after the fall of the puck neither sextet could gain the upper hand. Presently Terrier scoring bids began to rattle off Morrill's stick and pads as Nelson, Gregory, Viano and Lawless made repeated sallies on the Crimson net. The Harvard guardian bore the brunt of this assault alone, and his great work in front of the cage staved off what appeared certain defeat for Coach Bigelow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OVERTIME SCORE DOWNS B.U. SEXTET | 1/27/1927 | See Source »

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