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Word: hurte (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...addition to being hurt by the loss of Johnson, the Harvard team was handicapped by lack of practice due to the rainy weather conditions prevalent this spring. At first, it was intended to shoot the match regionally but a last minute decision made it necessary for all teams to go to Annapolis. As a result, the Harvard team could not present its full strength. Other teams of this district were unable to send any representatives and Harvard was the only college which sent a corps from outside the Naval Academy region...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARKSMEN DEFEATED IN INTERCOLLEGIATES | 5/21/1929 | See Source »

...that an airplane could run into it without damaging it. In addition, the partitions and struts are made of hollow duralumin which is pumped full of air to increase the tensile strength of the structure and to enable the children of the house to fall down without being hurt by the springy flooring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unique Dynamic House of Arborial Design Will Solve Future Dwelling Problems--Inventor Claims Harmony With Nature | 5/21/1929 | See Source »

...Lloyd George seems unduly hurt," said Chancellor Churchill, "because I advise the electors not to be taken in by quackery, charlatanism and thimble-rigging.* I am always anxious not to irritate people unnecessarily, so I hereby announce that I will, for the future, in this election, drop the word charlatan and use instead the word 'cheapjack' as applied to Lloyd George's scheme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Cheap-Jack | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

...quite certain the records will show that Virginia has been more hurt by the withholding of legitimate news than by its free publication. Several examples of this have recently occurred. If only good news is published the reading public will have scant respect for its value. All the news should come out, whether for good or ill. The very fact that it is going to be printed will increase efforts to prevent the happening of things that are more to our injury than credit. And this is especially true of continuing conditions, brought out by studies of the institution itself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 5/11/1929 | See Source »

...back yard. She ran to the rescue, retreated before the dog, called Mr. Rabbit. He charged, retreated, called the police. One policeman, two wagons with experts from the Animal Rescue League, and 1,500 neighbors finally captured the terrier in the Rabbit bathroom. None of the Rabbit family was hurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Rabbits | 4/22/1929 | See Source »

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