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Word: handedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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It is difficult to decide which is grossest: the vapidity of the introductory apologia; the cant of the individual critiques; or (he high-handed inanity of the whole approach.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 16, 1939 | 1/16/1939 | See Source »

I was amazed and overjoyed the other morning to read an autobiography entitle "The Last Republican at Harvard" printed right on the front page. It was the work of one of Harvard's great coming authors, Mr. Fred J. Sears '42. I speak with confidence, for I have been acquainted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 1/13/1939 | See Source »

Shortly after he left Harvard, Dresser sent the only known correspondence since December 7, to his mother, Mrs. Frank L. Waldo, from New York City. Preceding his departure, Dresser handed his resignation to the University and withdrew $300 from the bank.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Clue Discovered of Dresser, Missing From Room for Month | 1/11/1939 | See Source »

In Dallas' Cotton Bowl, twice-defeated St. Mary's (of California) handed ambitious Texas Tech (pride of the Panhandle) its first defeat (20-to-13) after ten victories in a row.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Taps | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

Mildred Walker says she began writing at the age of seven. From the time she was 12, she was periodically embarrassed by the village postmaster in Grafton, Vt., where her family spent its summers. Mildred's rejected manuscripts were too bulky to fit the family postbox, and the postmaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Doctor's Wife | 1/9/1939 | See Source »

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