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Word: grand (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rivalry had grown more and more intense from about 1901 to 1912. With few exceptions the scores had been close, and although the Crimson had the distinct edge on the grand total, each team regarded the other as one of its chief opponents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GREEN HAS WON THREE OF GAMES WITH HARVARD | 10/25/1924 | See Source »

...record crowd of Harvard and Dartmouth undergraduates is expected at the Third Intercollegiate Ball, which is to be held in the grand ballroom of the Copley Plaza Hotel this evening and tomorrow night as a part of the festivities accompanying the big gridiron encounter tomorrow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Intercollegiate Ball Attracts Many | 10/24/1924 | See Source »

...presidents of the college were in the receiving line: Josiah Quincy Senior 1790, Edward Everett 1811, Jared Sparks 1815, and James Walker 1814. Mr. Quincy, one of the oldest of the company present told the Prince that he had been introduced sixty-six years before in 1794 to the grand-father of Prince Edward and the great-great-grandfather of the present heir apparent. Before leaving the library the Prince and his party affixed their signatures to the visitor's book, and the bold signature "Albert Edward" is still well preserved in the "Register of Visitors to the Harvard College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prince of Wales to Break Old Precedent Set by Edward VII in Visit to Harvard | 10/24/1924 | See Source »

Connoisseurs are choosing the following items of girls and gaiety for their diversion: The Grab Bag, Kid Boots, Rose-Marie, Ziegfeld Follies, Grand Street Follies, I'll Say She Is, Scandals, Kits Revue, The Dream Girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Oct. 20, 1924 | 10/20/1924 | See Source »

Died. Dr. William Arnold Shanklin, 62, President Emeritus of Wesleyan University (Middleton, Conn.); in Manhattan, on the steps leading from the Grand Central Terminal to the Lexington avenue subway station, of heart failure. Under Dr. Shanklin's administration, Wesleyan University doubled in number of students, trebled in income...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 20, 1924 | 10/20/1924 | See Source »

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