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Word: haven (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Pelley found his new railroad in better condition than it has been for many a year. In 1928 the New Haven began paying regular quarterly dividends on its common stock for the first time since its overexpansion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: New Haven's Pelley | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...clerk at Anna (1899). There followed many years, many promotions, until, in 1924, he became vice president in charge of operations. In 1926 he left the Illinois Central to become president of the Central of Georgia?an Illinois Central subsidiary. No salary statement was given out by the New Haven. It is believed that Mr. Pelley received $40,000 a year as head of the Georgia road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: New Haven's Pelley | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...slowness of the courts at New Haven particularly suited the Crimson style of play, and was undoubtedly an important factor in the success of the Harvard team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SQUASH RACQUETS TEAM VANQUISHES YALE FIVE | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

Winning all five matches, the Harvard squash team on Saturday at New haven found little trouble in defeating the Yale racquetmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SQUASH RACQUETS TEAM VANQUISHES YALE FIVE | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...Haven, Conn., March 3--Yale Seniors, according to the list of preferences in the annual class vote announced today in the Yale Daily News, prefer a Phi Beta Kappa key to a major "Y" earned in sports, incline towards Harvard as their favorite college next to Yale, and in answer to the question, "What man, now living do you admire most?" cast a tie vote for Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and "my father." They believe English to be the most valuable subject and psychology the least valuable...

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 »

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