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Word: huges (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...would seem incredible or unique to the outsider, for it is a huge pep meeting without any reason for being. The boys just get together--in the words of the founder back in 1895--to experience the "rebirth of the College spirit," or to "pledge their loyalty to the College." They listen to a few speeches, and applaud telegrams which have been sent by Dartmouth clubs which meet simultaneously all over the nation in a sort of mystical unity; they cheer a bit and sing "Dartmouth Undying" or "Men of Dartmouth"; then perhaps they go straight to bed like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BACK TO YOUR TEPEE | 3/25/1939 | See Source »

...huge temporary shed of bamboo and matting at torrid Tripuri drove an ambulance one day last week. A patient was carried into the shed and put on a cot between two big ice tanks. Lying there, sipping cooling drinks and medicines, occasionally bidding two young nieces fan his brow, the patient tried to forget a temperature of over 100 as he presided over the annual meeting of the Indian National Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Bose Out | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

When he is pulling a fast one, Adolf Hitler likes to put on a show of force near the scene of operations. Berlin is 300 miles from Bratislava. Early this week the Führer announced that in midweek there would be a huge military parade in Vienna to celebrate the first anniversary of his entry after Anschluss. Vienna is exactly 34 miles from Bratislava...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHO-SLOVAKIA: Shoulder to Shoulder | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

...stanch Amos 'n' Andy fans this means little more than a slight change in tuning, since CBS and NBC outlets duplicate each other in most important areas. But in the business of radio advertising the changeover was big doings. It indicated that henceforth Campbell Soup's huge outlay for radio advertising time (last year it was $2,279,425) would all be spent with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Soup and Savings | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

Squeezed into a small hall in the huge Park Square Building off Arlington Street, the brand new Telepix theatre presents a shower of short features to the public in ultra-modern and ultra-comfortable surroundings. Thus far, however, the "rocking chair comfort" and the sterilized air with ultra-violet ray generators are greater attractions than the uneven assortment of newsreels, travelogues and cartoons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

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