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Word: green (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Detroit went 56 bodies, where Governor Frederick W. Green received them in an arctic snowstorm; accorded them a state funeral. Others were scattered among a half-dozen Mid-West cities; four went to Arlington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Home from War | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

...herself, Miss Charlotte obtained the services of Miss Christine Weyman, an able, experienced Scotswoman who is still Foxcroft's academic headmistress. Miss Charlotte's role was that of organizer, executive and setter of the school's atmosphere, director of its purpose. She put her girls into corduroy uniforms?dark green coats, tan skirts, white shirtwaists. In the evening Fox croft girls wear white crepe de chine, all alike, no chance for rich little girls to show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Foxcroft's Accolade | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

...knowledge that Tulane was the only unbeaten and untied team in the Southern Conference made the Louisiana statesmen overeager. Profiting by penalties, tall Captain Billy Banker and his green wave worked in their usual style. Tulane 21, Louisiana State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Dec. 9, 1929 | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

After being scored on by a long pass, Grubbs and Green of Texas Christian marched as to war against Southern Methodist. The 7-7 tie was enough to make the Christians champions of the southwest on their record. Utah's Rocky Mountaineers, winners in their conference, finished a perfect season by tumbling the Utah Aggies, 26-7. Nebraska-Big Six champions though tied by Missouri and Oklahoma-trounced eleven Iowa Statesmen made wild but not dangerous by six beatings in a row. Nebraska 31, Iowa State 12. Georgia's little bulldogs put on the snarl they wore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Dec. 9, 1929 | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

Wild ducks usually look where they are flying. Wild ducks seldom fly across Main Street in Miami, Okla. On Thanksgiving Day, a wild duck did fly across Main Street, Miami, struck a wire, fell stunned at the feet of one H. H. Green. He killed it, congratulated himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Presidential Pets | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

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