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Word: iowa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Iowa 2 Rhode Island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Delegates | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

...Iowa 27 Oregon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Delegates | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

...TIME, May 14), the "brain" teams of the two universities heard the verdict. Harvard won, 93 to 117, the scoring being done as in a cross country race (one point for the best examination paper, 20 points for the worst). Two Harvard undergraduates-Nathan M. Pusey of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and James L. McLane of Garrison, Md.-finished first and second. Yale's best, George T. Washington of Detroit, great -grandnephew of Father -of -His -Country George Washington, finished third. Harvard's reward is $5,000 worth of books given by Mrs. William Lowell Putnam, sister of President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Pot Pourri | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

Wallace Russell Harper '30, of Ottumwa, Iowa, has been appointed chairman of the Student Council committee on Freshman affairs, it was announced yesterday. He succeeds A.E. French...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT COUNCIL CHOOSES FAIRBANK TO FILL VACANCY | 5/31/1928 | See Source »

Ramilda Avery's career in adventuring began when she ran away from her home in Des Moines, Iowa; it led her to what she called "sleuthing," in Chicago; when this became tiresome, she wobbled off to New Orleans and got a job as a detective. While "sleuthing," in New Orleans cabarets, she met several sailors. Inspired already with her calamitous yearnings, she cultivated their friendship. Then one early morning, clad in a uniform which she had borrowed from one of them by saying she wanted it for a masquerade party, rowdy Ramilda sneaked onto the Sands and hid herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Sailor's Girl | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

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