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Word: goings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...around, but all of a sudden a motorcycle cop drove up behind me and says, 'What've you got there?' I saw there wasn't any use arguing so I told him. I said 'O. K. I'm licked'. But he says, 'Wait a minute there, don't go so fast;; let's see what we can do about this. Go ahead back and get in your...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bootlegger Describes Interesting Incidents of a Very Adventurous and Hazardous Trade | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

...they don't trouble 'em much; that's sure. Why you know they have what they call bargain day in the federal court there every Friday morning. Line all the bootleggers up in the cellar and let 'em go for two dollars apiece. Why don't they try 'em? Listen, the men won't pay a fine of more than five dollars; they'll fight it out and they know that if they're selling decent stuff that no New York jury would ever convict 'em. It's much cheaper for the 'feds' not to press the charge. Sure sounds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bootlegger Describes Interesting Incidents of a Very Adventurous and Hazardous Trade | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

Captain R. C. Aldrich '31, N. P. Hallowell '32, G. M. Barrle '32, J. M. Fox '32, B. E. Estes '32, Sturtevant Burr '31, J. W. Fobes '32, and R. G. Hodges '31 will go to New York...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CROSS COUNTRY SQUAD TO GO TOMORROW AFTERNOON | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

...even arranged to referee a duel at twenty paces with snow balls early this morning, but Mal said he didn't like snow balls, so I had to give that idea up. And then Arnie thought he was too old for water pistols so I had to let it go altogether...

Author: By Dr. HU Flung huey, | Title: HUEY TURNS GREEK WITH DELPHIC STATEMENT ON TODAY'S GRIDIRON TILT | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

...Hickok, one half of Yale's famous end combination of Hickok and Barres. After observing this pair go down under punts and play a bang up game against both Dartmouth and Princeton, Grantland Rice called them the best set of ends in the whole country. They will have to travel at top speed today, however, to outshine a brilliant Crimson end squad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE | 11/23/1929 | See Source »

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