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Word: grammars (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...different. The record is better--how much better will be in a large measure determined by the score tonight. League games have been won--the victory over Dartmouth is the best example; favorites have been upset--witness the surprise victory over Brown. Play has at times sunk to the grammar school level, but at times it has been remarkably high in quality. Sandwiched in between the defeats there have been redeeming performances which augur well for the future. The team has gained unity of purpose, and there are no longer players in competition with Fesler for the job of running...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMONG THE MINORS | 3/16/1935 | See Source »

...virile Kingfish denies that anyone has tried to smooth his grammar, curb his gestures, or check his vehemence. Despite this, it is a self-evident fact that Huey hasn't called anyone a dammed fool or an unprincipled liar for almost a week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RUMOR SAYS HARVARD MEN COACHING HUEY IN ORATORY | 3/15/1935 | See Source »

...typical unmarried mother in New York is a domestic servant with only a grammar school education, is aged 16 to 24. Most of the servants were either Negro or immigrant white women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Bastardy | 2/25/1935 | See Source »

Finally we find a "Correspondence" column where an anonymous "Student Correspondent" airs his woes. Unfortunately grammar gets the better of the writer, and in the second paragraph, after eleven lines of wandering, he is forced to conclude what has not yet developed into a sentence by a despairing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Communist Boldly Refuses to Prostitute Truth for Advertisements, Mere Pecuniary Gain | 2/21/1935 | See Source »

Other schools-had the following numbers: St. Paul's, 7; St. Mark's, 6; Brookline High, 5; Catalina Island, 4; Fieldston, 4; Groton, 4; Choate, 3; Cranbrook, 3; Hopkins Grammar, 3; Roxbury Latin, 3; Belmont High, 2; Moses Brown, 2; John Burroughs, 2; Country Day, 2; Haverford, 2; Loomis, 2; Newton High, 2; Noble and Greenough, 2; St. George's, 2; University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 190 Freshmen Given Honors In College Entrance Exams | 12/13/1934 | See Source »

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