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Word: grasse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Once there was a woman that had done a big washing and hung it on the line. The line broke and let it fall down in the mud, but she didn't say a word: only did it all over again, and this time spread it on the grass, where it couldn't fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Attack at Arthurdale | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

Wise undergraduates, remembering May 11, rushed up the steps for shelter, while the general public remained star-scattered on the grass. Irving G. Fine 1G, conductor, saved the day for Harvard by hurriedly cancelling the last three numbers and inviting all members of the university onto the steps to join in the college songs. Mindful of the downpour which waterlogged the ivories two weeks ago, Glee Club members carried the piano to safety...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yard Listeners Dash For Shelter When Rain Soaks Widener Concert | 5/25/1938 | See Source »

Will Hitler Grass Right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Langer Believes Hitler Is Planning to Follow Czech Anschluss With Conquest of Balkans | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

Less than one inch of rain had fallen during the past 100 days, and the drought was said to be costing United Kingdom farmers last week $2,500,000 per day. With the grass shortage forcing British farmers to fling unseasonably large flocks of sheep on the Home market, thus threatening to break the price, Conservative Robert Hugh Turton begged His Majesty's Government to "keep overseas sheep off the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Parliament's Week: May 23, 1938 | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

...alternating high and low hurdle shuttle relay will as last year be the principal feature of the afternoon. Imported from Pennsylvania last year the race is run on the grass in the middle of the stadium. The Harvard quartet will be chosen from Mason Fernald, Sherman Hoar, John Johanson, John Sparrow, and Bill Lavorack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Season Previews Will Be Made in Relays at Stadium | 4/27/1938 | See Source »

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