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Word: half (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Cause of this magisterial to do had come two days before when at Pathe Co.'s Manhattan film studio a surge of flame swashed across the wooden roof, turned the barnlike building into a man broiler. Within a half-hour ten crushed, charred bodies, including four pretty girls, were laid out on the street below a blackened sign: PATHE TALKING COMEDIES MAKE THE WHOLE WORLD LAUGH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Pathetique | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

...Half Way to Heaven (Paramount...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Dec. 23, 1929 | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

This year Professor Hurlbut was giving two courses, English 31 and English 7, the former a course in advanced English composition, and the latter on early eighteenth century English authors. He had been granted sabbatical leave for the second half of the current year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROFESSOR HURLBUT PASSES AWAY AFTER VERY BRIEF ILLNESS | 12/20/1929 | See Source »

...squad will also attend the dinner as personal guests of N. F. Ayer '00, president of the Harvard Club, and inasmuch as the second team went through the season undefeated, the H. A. A. is paying them recognition by presenting the members with silver medals decorated with a raised half football. At the same time, the University team will receive gold football charms...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL TEAM FETED AT DINNER BY HARVARD CLUB | 12/19/1929 | See Source »

...Engineers won the tap-off, but it was for Harvard, represented by T. I. Nido '30 to score the first basket. From the start to the half, the two teams shared the honors with even playing. Harvard continually took the ball halfway up the court and tried for a goal. M. I. T. showed considerable inaccuracy for some time as shot after shot bounced off the back board or dropped off the edge of the basket, but after a time Technology tightened up and took the lead 7 to 4. A rally on the part of the Crimson netted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: QUINTET DEFEATS M. I. T. IN CLOSE LIVELY STRUGGLE | 12/19/1929 | See Source »

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