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Word: hoops (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...newly uniformed Lowell five made its flashy dobut upon the courts of the House Basketball League today and pierced the hoop for 18 points to their Brooks House opponents' five. The Bellboys' outfit consisted of a blue jersey and white whipcord trousers with a blue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House News | 2/9/1935 | See Source »

Throwing the ball through the hoop from every angle and position on the floor the Boston University Freshmen defeated the Crimson yearling basketeers, unbeaten in three previous starts, by a 39-31 score, on the B.U. court yesterday afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B.U. Freshmen Deteat 1938 Hoopsters in Close Contest | 12/21/1934 | See Source »

Marion Davies, Norma Shearer, Irving Thalberg, Gary Cooper & wife. All donned costumes (by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) of the year of the great man's birth. Men paraded about as Union or Confederate officers. Women wore crinoline gowns, hoop skirts. At the birthday dinner an enormous cake, wired for sound, sang out: "Dear Mister Hearst: This is your birthday cake speaking to you to give you the greetings of your friends assembled here and your friends all over the world to wish you happiness this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Birthday Scene | 5/21/1934 | See Source »

Bryn Mawr's smartest junior got her picture taken at the May Day hoop-rolling festival (see cut). She is 5 ft. tall, weighs 98 lb., has been in the U. S. since 1930. Her name is Vung-Yuin Ting. This year she won the Maria L. Eastman Brooke Hall Memorial scholarship for the junior class's best scholastic record, the Charles S. Hinchman Memorial scholarship for being best of any Bryn Mawr girl in her major subject. Bryn Mawr's only Chinese student, Vung-Yuin Ting majors in chemistry, is one of the campus' friendliest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Year End Twinklings | 5/14/1934 | See Source »

Tulsa roared with mirth at the idea of such a campaign. Col. Hoop did no campaigning but his 150 students, delighted with the laboratory demonstration, held mass meetings for him, spoke at political rallies, got a professor of Spanish to stump a Mexican district. Last week Tulsans voted in their primaries. The vote for Police & Fire Commissioner: A. P. Bowles 3,637; Tom Munroe 4,680; O. W. Hoop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Professor in Politics | 4/2/1934 | See Source »

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