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Word: ifs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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There was a long pause, as listeners twirled their dials and wondered if their radios had gone dead. Then the strains of a Strauss waltz ended the silence.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Air Debate Falls Through As Teams Take Same Side | 10/21/1939 | See Source »

If Harvard is to stop this offense along with the plunging of Chizmadia, all the potential abilities of a green and considerably Sophomoric eleven must be realized

Author: By Sheffieid West, | Title: Crimson Meets First Big-Time Opposition; Macdonald Will Call Plays for First Time | 10/21/1939 | See Source »

George Carens of the Transcript: "If experience and power are to prevail tomorrow, Penn will subdue the Crimson. . . . It would be unwise to climb out on a limb and predict certain victory for the Red and Blue, but the Philadelphia visitors have fine poise and spirt."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five of the Quaker Stars for Today's Game | 10/21/1939 | See Source »

If you say the words out loud--"regiments of schizophrenics, paranoiacs, and manic-depressives"--they sound almost musical. If you write them out, you get nowhere. And if you actually get them in print, you are liable to be sought by the Associated Press for a feature story --which is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOOTON'S TOOTIN' | 10/21/1939 | See Source »

He is not worried by the fact that Harvard's grid schedule this year includes three snap games. "Two snaps ought to be enough in an average year," he says, "but what's the use of our going in for suicide schedules? If Harvard went in for hiring professionals, they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT'S HIS NUMBER? | 10/20/1939 | See Source »

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