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Word: hardest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Suggesting that he might have been able to stop Stalin had he tried hard enough, Trotsky admits that he did not try his hardest. "I don't regret it," he concludes with a peculiar fatalism, "some victories lead to an impasse and some defeats open up new avenues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Exile Trotsky | 3/11/1929 | See Source »

...Hardest year: Sophomore, 84; Freshman, 24; Junior, 19; Senior...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Men Prefer Phi Beta Kappa Key to Major "Y"--Pick Harvard as Favored College--Read Saturday Evening Post | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...Hardest year: Freshman, 137; Sophomore, 64; Senior, 15; Junior...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Men Prefer Phi Beta Kappa Key to Major "Y"--Pick Harvard as Favored College--Read Saturday Evening Post | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...tangled with the bow, how to get into a shell after a crew has pushed off, without adopting the woeful methods of Buster Keaton, and how to steer a course nor'nor' east by nor' through the murky haze of the basin will be considered in every detail. The hardest feat to master, that of coxing two miles in a tight race and keeping the remnants of vocal cords in their natural position, will be the final triumph of the school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prospective Coxswains to Gain Steersman's Lingo Seasoned With Billinsgate--Special Course Given to Aid Vocabulary | 2/16/1929 | See Source »

...hardest fought contest was that between Der Maderosian and Joseph Lifrak '29, the Crimson captain. The M. I. T. man won by a decision after the struggle had gone into two overtime periods. These two men met for the first time in their freshman year when Lifrak threw Der Maderosian. That occasion was the only match in which the Tech man was ever pinned to the mat. In their second year, Der Maderosian won by decision...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY WRESTLERS CAPTURE CLOSE CONTEST | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

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